When OpenAI revealed its new generative video mannequin, Sora, final month, it invited a handful of filmmakers to attempt it out. This week the corporate printed the outcomes: seven surreal quick movies that depart little question that the way forward for generative video is coming quick.

The primary batch of fashions that might flip textual content into video appeared in late 2022, from firms together with Meta, Google, and video-tech startup Runway. It was a neat trick, however the outcomes have been grainy, glitchy, and just some seconds lengthy.

Quick-forward 18 months, and the very best of Sora’s high-definition, photorealistic output is so beautiful that some breathless observers are predicting the dying of Hollywood. However fears of misuse are rising too. Learn the total story.

—Will Douglas Heaven

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Fascinated about studying extra about how filmmakers are already utilizing Sora? Try how three of them are already experimenting with it to create beautiful movies—and discover out what they informed us they imagine is coming subsequent.

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