Sora AI videos can be longer now, but this other update packs even more punch

It’s only been three weeks since I dropped OpenAI Back up ramp (sorry, AI video) app, Sora. A lot has happened in that time, but that means it’s time for an initial set of updates, including a new storyboard feature and the ability to create longer videos, the company said. Announce Thursday.

Free Sora users on the iPhone app and web (which is the only way Android users can use Sora at the moment) will be able to create videos up to 15 seconds long. Pro users will get an additional 10 seconds when they create for the web, for a total of 25 seconds. Your Sora account is linked to your ChatGPT account, so if you’re paying for ChatGPT Pro, you’re a paying Sora user. You can see all Payment plans For more information. This comes one day after Google’s announcement It has updated the popular video AI model,Veo 3, to handle longer video generations.

Storyboarding will allow Pro Sora users to plan out web videos before creating them. (Free users don’t have access yet.) Storyboarding has long been part of the professional filmmaking process, and is sometimes included in more professional software. Google Flow AI movie making software Storyboarding is allowed, for example. But this is an interesting and somewhat unexpected addition for Sora.

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Sora has only been around for a short time, but the vibe of the app is focused on shorter, funny videos, reflecting OpenAI’s claim that the app is designed to help people connect with their friends. So, professional videos – which are longer and more well-planned – are not very popular. These updates will likely change that. This may be a sign that OpenAI hopes to attract professional creators it had previously isolated. Storyboarding, longer runtimes, and higher resolution are all things professional creators would need, and OpenAI seems to be getting to them quickly. But OpenAI has a difficult past with professional creators.

Before Sora was launched, it was OpenAI It is said It reached out to talent agencies and other companies such as gaming and streaming companies and said it would need to opt out of access to its intellectual property through Sora. This means that if Nintendo doesn’t want Sora users to be able to create AI-powered videos of Pikachu, it should let OpenAI know. this Not how copyright law worksOpenAI changed its policies a few days after Sora launched and added more controls on how your photos are used. It was just the last episode in An ongoing battle Between artificial intelligence companies and innovators.

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Sora may be reminiscent of TikTok or Instagram Reels, but it’s unlike any other app. Nothing you see on Sora is real; Each video is created by artificial intelligence. Although it may seem like your Facebook and Instagram feed does too It’s all artificial intelligence anywaySora is already a social app based solely on artificial intelligence. I felt like I was in An AI deepfake fever dream While scrolling Sora. These eerily realistic videos are difficult to distinguish from reality. This becomes even more worrying with Sora’s main feature, Anaglyph, which lets you use other people’s photos to create almost any type of AI-powered video.

(Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET’s parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that it infringed Ziff Davis’s copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.)