On Monday, OpenAI released its video generator AI model called Sora. The model is designed to generate videos from text and is available on Sora.com for ChatGPT subscribers in the US and “most other countries”.
The version launched yesterday during a live stream, Sora Turbo, can animate images, and remix and blend videos. It can also generate clips between 5 seconds and 20 seconds in length in different aspect ratios and resolutions.
“This early version of Sora will make mistakes — it’s not perfect, but it’s already at the point where we think it’s going to be really useful for augmenting human creativity,” said Will Peebles, a member of OpenAI’s technical staff and a research lead on Sora, during the livestream. “We can’t wait to see what the world is going to make with Sora.”
The startup says that users with a ChatGPT Plus subscription which costs $20 per month can generate up to 50 priority videos (1,000 credits) at resolutions up to 720p with 5-second durations. Launched last week, the ChatGPT Pro subscription costing $200 a month comes with “unlimited generations” and up to 500 priority videos (10,000 credits) while bumping the resolution to 1080p and the duration to 20 seconds. The plan further lets you download videos without a watermark and perform up to five generations simultaneously.
Additionally, as per the OpenAI help page on the model, by default, the AI company trains on new Sora videos. To disable this, you will have to click on the profile icon on the top-right of the Sora homepage, select Settings > Data controls, and toggle off “Improve the model for everyone.”
It is also important to note that Sora is only currently supported in the US and “most other countries” outside the EU and the UK. The company notes that accessing Sora outside the countries and regions listed may result in an account ban or suspension.
“We’re going to try our hardest to be able to launch [in Europe], but we don’t have any timing to share yet,” Open AI CEO Sam Altman said during the livestream. “And there are some other countries that we’re not able to operate in.”
