If I were to get conspiracy-minded:

Sora had to be shut down because it was the clearest, most consequential demonstration that OpenAI’s models are running way, way ahead of their ability to align/jail them effectively.

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code_biologist 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The Occam's Razor position (Sora was the most expensive to operate, least monetizable model) seems like a simpler explanation. The legal costs/difficulty on top of "most expensive" are just the cherry on top.

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bloppe 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What did Sora do?

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yulker 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

probably more cost than anything. image and video gen don't have much in common with llms

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emp17344 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Nope. It was just a bad product that no one wanted. It’s not a super-secret indicator that OpenAI is actually going to take over the world any day now.

	▲	twoodfin 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Not “take over the world” level misalignment. I mean, “We can’t assuredly prevent our models from generating unlicensed IP or degrading pornography without blunt approaches that alienate our core audience”.