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731 Goodbye, Sora! OpenAI Discontinues Social App Amid Declining User Interest

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Paulo Montenegro @ Ubergizmo 2 place · 03/29/2026 16:34 EDT

Goodbye, Sora! OpenAI Discontinues Social App Amid Declining User Interest

OpenAI has officially announced the shutdown of Sora, its dedicated social media application, just six months after its high-profile launch. While the underlying Sora 2 generative model remains a technological milestone for video and audio synthesis, the standalone platform failed to maintain the necessary momentum to compete in the crowded social media landscape. Modeled after the vertical-feed interface of TikTok, Sora was designed as an AI-native social network. Its most […]

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