OpenAI releases short films created by professionals using Sora

OpenAI has released several short films created using a highly realistic video generator Sora based on artificial intelligence. The model itself, which generates videos from static images and textual descriptions, remains unavailable to the general public for now.

These short films were crafted by professionals from various creative fields: filmmakers, artists, creative agency workers, and musicians, who were granted access to the model by OpenAI. "While there are many improvements to be made to Sora, we already see how this model can help creative individuals bring their ideas to life," shared the company.

According to Bloomberg, OpenAI's leadership has held several meetings with Hollywood filmmakers and studio representatives to garner interest in using Sora for mainstream film production. Meanwhile, audiences have begun to criticize the creators of the independent horror film Late Night With The Devil for using AI-generated static images in its production. Calls to boycott the film have arisen over its creators opting for AI assistance rather than the traditional hiring of artists.

Ed Newton-Rex, CEO of the nonprofit organization Fairly Trained, which certifies AI models trained responsibly on licensed materials, expressed doubt that Sora was trained on licensed content. OpenAI had long refrained from commenting on this aspect of Sora's development, but the company's technical director, Mira Murati, later assured that publicly available and licensed data, as well as video recordings obtained under a licensing agreement with Shutterstock, were used in training.

More short films can be found on OpenAI's official blog.