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OpenAI’s Sora AI Video Generator First Look

I tried OpenAI’s Sora AI Video Generator and was blown away by the results but underwhelmed by the limited number of high-resolution video generations and durations. Read more on CNET.com: OpenAI Kicks Off a New Era With Sora AI Videos 0:00 Intro 0:13 ChatGPT Plus and Pro Pricing 0:29 Sora Explore Section 0:58 Sora Your…

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I tried OpenAI’s Sora AI Video Generator and was blown away by the results but underwhelmed by the limited number of high-resolution video generations and durations.

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OpenAI Kicks Off a New Era With Sora AI Videos

0:00 Intro
0:13 ChatGPT Plus and Pro Pricing
0:29 Sora Explore Section
0:58 Sora Your Library Section
1:06 Sora Toolbar Features
2:40 How To Generate a 480p AI Video
4:04 How To Manage Your AI Generated Videos
5:07 How To Generate a 720p AI Video
7:05 How To Upload and Animate Still Images
9:36 Sora AI Video Generation Limitations
10:30 Final Thoughts on Sora
11:24 Competitors to Sora

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  1. @Aragorn7884

    December 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    If you want a video where your main character has a huge jaw and 6 fingers, use this? lolz.

  2. @seans1234

    December 21, 2024 at 8:09 am

    So not very useful at this point. Got it.

    • @alecubudulecu

      December 21, 2024 at 11:45 am

      I use this at my work daily. We find it incredibly useful.

  3. @WanderlustWithT

    December 21, 2024 at 8:10 am

    Google Veo 2 is much better.

    • @X139T

      December 21, 2024 at 8:56 am

      No it’s not

    • @Docfly62

      December 21, 2024 at 12:35 pm

      How bout backing that statement with a link to vids created with GV2…that even perhaps you created

    • @CNET

      December 21, 2024 at 10:51 pm

      We will see when it comes out. I’m planning on producing a versus video of both.

  4. @Aragorn7884

    December 21, 2024 at 8:14 am

    Sora – make a video of John Wick being the Captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise ????????

  5. @Kurumi_6_10th

    December 21, 2024 at 8:16 am

    too expensive for an AI that doesn’t even do what you write

  6. @bright1180

    December 21, 2024 at 9:22 am

    AI generated images, videos, music, emails, books, video games, apps, etc etc. So many extremely talented people are going to be out of work and it all feels a little soulless.

    • @naveenboddu410

      December 21, 2024 at 12:24 pm

      So many new extremely talented people will learn these new tools and create wonders.

      Best wins

    • @Heretomakeyouthink

      December 21, 2024 at 2:53 pm

      It’s like giving the average person movie special effects, but higher quality

    • @herbertnatanael

      December 21, 2024 at 7:06 pm

      So, more talented people, who didn’t have the conditions, will have more opportunities to create their work with these new tools.Those who will be most affected are those who work with manual applications that require a lot of time and dedication, not those who are creative.

    • @bright1180

      December 22, 2024 at 4:22 am

      I’m referring to situations like this where all you have to do is type in keywords and AI does all the work. How is that creative compared to someone who has worked in video production and studied for years to hone their skills?

    • @simaknaveedakther8755

      December 22, 2024 at 9:31 am

      AI has a lot to go ain’t no way they are not replacing humans

  7. @Turismo69

    December 21, 2024 at 9:37 am

    Not available in the uk ???????? ????

    • @best-pro570

      December 22, 2024 at 4:01 pm

      NOBODY CARES !

    • @Turismo69

      December 22, 2024 at 4:04 pm

      @ ????????

  8. @ExplainIT-m2c

    December 21, 2024 at 9:46 am

    Does anyone want more short and stupid videos to watch?

  9. @TheLegendOfNiko

    December 21, 2024 at 11:14 am

    The Great Human Replacement

  10. @krisnauffts5787

    December 21, 2024 at 11:52 am

    Why do we want this? When everything is fake? I don’t get it..

    • @khedaivetro7766

      December 21, 2024 at 2:11 pm

      money my friend… money!!

  11. @Ray__E

    December 21, 2024 at 12:28 pm

    I’m really sick of the AI trend.

    • @Skystriker24

      December 21, 2024 at 2:12 pm

      It is just gonna get bigger it’s not a trend it’s a change

  12. @tricksilver04

    December 21, 2024 at 12:31 pm

    The best ai video generator is the one that doesn’t look ai generated. In Sora, even the would be realistic videos still has either crazy colors or doing crazy behaviours

  13. @fuori_piste

    December 21, 2024 at 12:47 pm

    you can access it with a VPN

  14. @kjw-vw6xr

    December 21, 2024 at 2:20 pm

    You can make various kinds of adult movies… ????

  15. @zeusstarfall408

    December 21, 2024 at 3:17 pm

    A cat with 4 ears ????

  16. @RogueAI

    December 21, 2024 at 3:22 pm

    Veo 2 from Google makes Sora look like the Will Smith eating spaghetti videos.

    • @CNET

      December 21, 2024 at 10:49 pm

      I will cover Veo 2 when it comes out. I’m in the waiting list. Then I’ll probably do a versus of both of them.

  17. @1lik3itvideos56

    December 21, 2024 at 4:03 pm

    I wonder if a.i. can re create shows from the 90’s, so that the quality will be ultra high definition?

    • @tafifish

      December 22, 2024 at 3:57 am

      Yeah we already had that before ChatGPT. It’s called upscaling, and Nvidia has been doing it for a while now.

    • @1lik3itvideos56

      December 22, 2024 at 4:01 am

      @tafifish  thx man, I didn’t know that.

  18. @A.M.-artvideo

    December 21, 2024 at 4:45 pm

    ????????????

  19. @Spiderjin

    December 21, 2024 at 8:05 pm

    Awesome walkthrough! Sora feels like a mix of Spielberg and a magician: mind-blowing effects with some hilarious quirks! (That morphing cat is modern art ????). Great insights, now I want to try it too! Keep it up! ????

  20. @Lruiz3865

    December 21, 2024 at 9:44 pm

    It looks so awful

    • @CNET

      December 22, 2024 at 12:07 am

      Yeah. Not great but it’s been out for 1 week so it’ll improve.

  21. @eddymich3192

    December 21, 2024 at 11:38 pm

    The cat one shows how AI isn’t understanding what it’s doing. I don’t see this being better than computer animation. At least with animation, I got control.

  22. @benjola2

    December 22, 2024 at 1:32 am

    veo is sooooo much better

  23. @cugansteamid6252

    December 22, 2024 at 3:52 am

    making fake things looks real, what’s the point?

  24. @nicholas6789

    December 22, 2024 at 4:06 am

    A single AI generated image requires as much energy as it takes to fully charge a smart phone. One can only imagine how much energy it uses to generate a video.

  25. @flamingteabag4572

    December 22, 2024 at 4:18 am

    You summed it perfectly, the results are random. Right now this is clever tech, but pretty pointless. All you’ll get for now is people creating millions of AI videos that look “ok” but will be immediately forgotten about. But when you think of the energy being used for this, that’s worrying. Maybe in a few years we’ll be able to make worthwhile short films, but right now it’s just an energy expensive roll of the dice. Like so many other AI tools, I’m left thinking it’s clever, but so what?

  26. @justMRV

    December 22, 2024 at 6:11 am

    Tried it. And it’s way from saying it’s good..

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