Sora is an AI model by OpenAI, designed to create videos from textual instructions, aiming to simulate the physical world with a blend of realism and imagination. It’s capable of generating videos that last up to a minute, maintaining high visual quality, and closely adhering to user prompts. This phase of Sora’s development is focused on gathering feedback from select users, including artists and designers, to refine its capabilities and assess potential risks or harms.
The AI’s strength lies in its ability to generate complex scenes with detailed backgrounds and characters, understanding not only the text prompts but also the physical interactions within the described scenes. However, Sora does have its limitations, such as difficulties with simulating the physics of more complex scenarios accurately and challenges with spatial details, like mixing up left and right or failing to show changes over time, such as a bitten cookie not showing a bite mark.
To ensure safety and responsible use, OpenAI is implementing several measures before making Sora widely available. This includes adversarial testing by experts in misinformation, bias, and other areas, as well as developing tools to detect and classify generated content. The aim is to engage with policymakers, educators, and artists to understand concerns and discover positive use cases, recognizing that real-world application will be crucial for identifying and mitigating potential abuses of the technology.
