Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Ditches Sora, Pauses Erotic Bots Amid $100M Ad Boom
OpenAI pulls the plug on its video generator Sora and shelves sexy chatbots just as its ad experiment rockets past $100M in annualized revenue—signaling a sharp pivot to profitability over moonshots.
Lavamgam AIMar 27, 20262 min read read
The Impact
OpenAI just torched two high-profile projects: its buzzed-about Sora video generator is dead, and plans for an erotic chatbot are on indefinite hold. Meanwhile, a quiet ad pilot in ChatGPT has exploded to over $100 million in annualized revenue after just six weeks. This isn't random housekeeping—it's a ruthless refocus on what pays the bills as the AI hype cools.
The Trigger
Sora, once hailed as a game-changer for text-to-video creation, got the axe because OpenAI sees no...
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