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OpenAI has officially launched Sora, the highly anticipated AI video generation model, now available to ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers via a dedicated platform packed with new editing and creative tools.

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• OpenAI's Sora: The Next Big Leap in AI Technology is Here

• Amazon has opened a new AGI lab in San Francisco

• Reddit has rolled out 'Reddit Answers'

• Manchester City football club has teamed up with Puma

• AI fun fact

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• Amazon has opened a new AGI lab in San Francisco, led by former Adept team members, focused on developing AI agents that can carry out real-world tasks.

• Reddit has rolled out 'Reddit Answers,' an AI-driven feature that enables conversational search across the platform, offering curated summaries and linking to relevant sources from various subreddits.

• Manchester City football club has teamed up with Puma for a new AI-powered kit design competition, inviting fans to create the team's 2026-27 alternate uniform using a text-to-image generator.

• China has launched an antitrust investigation into Nvidia, examining potential monopoly violations, intensifying tech tensions just days after the introduction of new US chip export restrictions.

• Sakana AI has unveiled Neural Attention Memory Models (NAMMs), an advanced memory system for transformers that enhances performance and efficiency across various AI models without the need for retraining.

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OpenAI's Sora: The Next Big Leap in AI Technology is Here

OpenAI has officially launched Sora, the highly anticipated AI video generation model, now available to ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers via a dedicated platform packed with new editing and creative tools.

Key Highlights:

Sora can produce videos up to 20 seconds long in multiple aspect ratios, and the new 'Turbo' model significantly speeds up generation times compared to earlier versions.

The web platform lets users organize and view their generated videos, browse other users' prompts, and explore featured content for inspiration.

Creative tools include features like Remix for scene editing, Storyboard for combining multiple clips, as well as Blend, Loop, and Style presets.

Sora is now accessible to ChatGPT subscribers, with the $200/month Pro plan offering unlimited generations, higher resolution, and watermark removal.

OpenAI has set restrictions on content featuring real people, minors, or copyrighted material, with only a limited number of users allowed to upload real people as input at this stage.

The rollout will exclude the EU, UK, and several other regions due to regulatory concerns.

Why it matters: Sora's arrival is a significant moment, and while there will be debates over its quality compared to competitors, OpenAI's extensive reach and user base will make this tool widely accessible, giving millions of users their first high-level video creation experience and unlocking new creative possibilities for everyday users.

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AI FUN FACT
DID YOU KNOW?

AI can now sing too! Researchers have developed AI models that can generate human-like singing voices. By training on vast amounts of vocal data, these models can mimic various singing styles, reproduce famous songs, or even create entirely new music. One such example is OpenAI's Jukebox, which can generate music in different genres, complete with vocals that sound remarkably realistic!

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