What is Sora Turbo and is it a game-changer for artificial intelligence? | Explainer News [Video]

Sora, an artificial intelligence (AI) video generator program created by startup OpenAI in 2021, is making waves as it has now moved out of the research phase and has been officially released to the public under the new name of Sora Turbo.

The launch has triggered an online frenzy among users, causing the company to temporarily halt new account creations after finding itself overwhelmed by an avalanche of traffic.

Sora uses text prompts to create content, similar to other content creation programs such as ChatGPT. Unlike traditional AI programs which produce written responses, Sora creates high-quality videos based on a user’s text input.

Sora is disgustingly good, gj @sama

Adding it to @everartai asap so you can bring your images to life pic.twitter.com/wMehxOc8cm

— Jay A (@jay_azhang) December 9, 2024

According to a statement from OpenAI which accompanied the release on December 9, Sora Turbo is an improvement on the original Sora program as it allows for faster video …