LOADING ERROR LOADINGA billion-dollar collaboration that Disney and OpenAI once predicted could remake Hollywood instead quietly flamed out Tuesday, its death marked by a single post on social media. “We’re saying goodbye to Sora,” the Sora team said in the statement. Cheng Xin via Getty ImagesUnder the three-year blockbuster deal, Disney pledged to invest $1 billion in OpenAI and allow Sora to generate videos using more than 200 iconic characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars. AdvertisementGenerating the AI videos required significant, expensive, computing power, another person with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. AdvertisementCODA, a Japanese anti-piracy group whose members include Studio Ghibli, demanded OpenAI stop stealing its content to train models.

Source: Huffington Post March 26, 2026 02:08 UTC