OpenAI, a leading Artificial Intelligence company, has launched its much anticipated video generation tool Sora. This innovative tool enhances the capabilities of ChatGPT, allowing users to create video from text descriptions.
The announcement of Sora’s launch was made by CEO Sam Altman during a livestream on Monday. He noted that the video generation tool will be available to users in the U.S and other countries.
Currently, users can access Sora everywhere ChatGPT is available, with the exception of the United Kingdom, Switzerland and the European Economic Area. The company announced plans to expand access further in the coming months.
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Announcing the launch of Sora, OpenAI wrote on its website
“Earlier this year, we introduced Sora?, our model that can create realistic videos from text, and shared our initial research progress? on world simulation. Sora serves as a foundation for AI that understands and simulates reality—an important step towards developing models that can interact with the physical world.
“We developed a new version of Sora, Sora Turbo-that is significantly faster than the model we previewed in February. We’re releasing it today as a standalone product at Sora.com to ChatGPT Plus and Pro users.”
Sora Turbo is only for ChatGPT Pro and Plus subscribers, allowing users to generate video clips between 5 and 20 seconds in various aspect ratios and resolutions. Plus users get 50 videos a month at 480p (or 720p for less videos) and Pro users get 10 times more usage.
Sora also comes with a more advanced tool called storyboard, which allows users to shape the video with specific directions. Storyboard bears a similar resemblance to other video editing tools with frame views on the bottom and various editing tools. Each storyboard card or frame can be generated from a test prompt or image upload. Users can use the recut feature to shift cards around, the remix feature to describe specific changes to the sequence, the loop tool to play the video on repeat, or blend to create a transition between multiple scenes.
Also, Sora is able to generate complex scenes with multiple characters, specific types of motion, and accurate details of the subject and background. The model understands not only what the user has asked for in the promote, but also how those things exist in the physical world. Interestingly, the model has a deep understanding of language, enabling it to accurately interpret prompts and generate compelling characters that express vibrant emotions. Sora can also create multiple shots within a single generated video that accurately persist characters and visual style.
To ensure the safe usage of Soar, OpenAI shared some of its safety measures, noting that all generated videos come with C2PA invisible watermarks, and visible watermarks by default. It further noted that Sora will block damaging forms of abuse, such as child sexual abuse materials and sexual deepfakes, and limits uploads of people.
The launch of OpenAI’s Sora, represents a significant milestone for the chatbot and broader AI industry. This advancement could revolutionize content creation, enabling businesses and individuals to produce professional-grade videos without technical expertise or expensive tools.