Why OpenAI really shut down Sora
TechCrunch AI Connie Loizos March 30, 2026

OpenAI's decision last week to shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months after releasing it to the public raised immediate suspicions. The app had invited users to upload their own faces — so was this some kind of elaborate data grab?
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