LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO (March 24): On Monday evening, Walt Disney Co and OpenAI teams were working together on a project linked to Sora, OpenAI's AI video tool. Just 30 minutes after that meeting, the Disney team was blindsided with word that OpenAI was dropping the tool altogether, a person familiar with the matter said. Running the AI video app required significant computational resources, a fourth person with knowledge of the matter said, and left other teams with less firepower. Even so, some OpenAI staffers on the Sora team were surprised when they were informed of the changes Tuesday morning, one of the people and another source said. OpenAI focuses on a super-appOpenAI executives are now focusing on other research areas, including robotics and building artificial general (AI) intelligence.

Source: The Edge Markets March 25, 2026 01:25 UTC