OpenAI's CPO Kevin Weil and Sora team lead Bill Peebles are leaving as the company shuts down Sora and folds its science team in a strategic pivot.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the shutdown of Sora, its AI video-generation model, just months after launch, terminating a landmark billion-dollar licensing deal with Disney and signaling a major strategic refocus ahead of its IPO.

OpenAI is reportedly bringing its Sora AI video model into ChatGPT to revive flagging user interest and push toward 1 billion weekly active users.

Sora 2 video generation app expands to Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan with Character Cameos feature, reaching 1M downloads faster than ChatGPT.