Sora (openAI)

Sora is OpenAI’s advanced AI video generation and editing system that turns natural‑language prompts, images, or existing clips into high‑quality, short videos with realistic motion, lighting, and synchronized sound. Built on a hybrid diffusion‑transformer architecture, it starts from visual “noise” and iteratively refines each frame while a transformer component manages global composition, camera movement, and scene continuity, allowing it to maintain characters, style, and physics across multiple shots. Users can describe complex scenes, specify cinematic angles, or reference particular aesthetics, and Sora generates clips up to roughly 20 seconds for pro‑tier access, with shorter durations for entry plans.​ Beyond pure text‑to‑video, Sora can animate still images, extend existing footage, fill missing frames, and remix scenes by adding or removing objects, changing styles, or re‑timing content using simple text instructions. These capabilities make it suitable for marketing, social content, product demos, education, and creative storytelling without requiring cameras, crews, or editing expertise. The system’s recaptioning step enriches user prompts automatically, helping non‑experts get detailed, coherent results from relatively simple descriptions.​ Sora is being rolled out via the Sora iOS app and web access through sora.com, with availability tied to regions where ChatGPT services are supported; higher‑tier ChatGPT subscriptions provide broader access to Sora’s latest model versions and editing features. As OpenAI’s flagship video model, Sora aims to serve as a foundation for tools that can simulate real‑world dynamics, supporting both professional creators and everyday users who want to generate visually rich, shareable video content from ideas alone.