Microsoft-backed OpenAI is developing software that can produce minute-long films in response to text commands, according to the business on Thursday.
The Sora program may be used by visual artists, designers, and filmmakers to get feedback on the model, as well as red teaming, which assists in finding vulnerabilities in the AI system, according to a statement from the company.
“Sora is able to generate complex scenes with multiple characters, specific types of motion, and accurate details of the subject and background,” the statement said, adding that it can create multiple shots within a single video.
Apart from generating videos from text prompts, Sora can animate a still image, the company said in a blogpost.
The video generation software follows OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot, which was released in late 2022 and created a buzz around GenAI with its ability to compose emails and write codes and poems.
Social media giant Meta Platforms beefed up its image generation model Emu last year to add two AI-based features that can edit and generate videos from text prompts.
The Facebook-parent is also looking to compete with Microsoft, Alphabet’s Google and Amazon, in the rapidly transforming generative AI universe.
Sora is a work-in-progress, with the company adding that the model may confuse the spatial details of a prompt, and have difficulty in following a specific camera trajectory.
OpenAI said it was also developing tools which can discern if a video was generated by Sora.
