Generative AI and Mental Health: Why the Internet Feels So Numb in 2026

by Jeet Laha — The terrifying reason your brain is shutting down online.

Medium·1d ago

How Sora Played Hollywood On Its Way to Dying

The Ankler·Apr 28

OpenAI Is Shutting Down Sora, Its A.I. Video Generator

The New York Times·Apr 22

OpenAI: Ending its AI video feature

OpenAI abruptly shut down its AI video generator this week only six months after its launch sent Hollywood scrambling, said Rachel Metz in Bloomberg. Sora, which could produce “realistic-looking AI...

THE WEEK·Apr 1

Sora’s shutdown could be a reality check moment for AI video

TechCrunch·Mar 29

OpenAI Enters Its Focus Era by Killing Sora

WIRED·Mar 25

xAI Launched Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Right After Sora Died

by Shubham Vedi | GenAI — OpenAI killed Sora because the economics were brutal. Two months later, Elon Musk’s xAI doubled down on the exact same battlefield. Here’s…

Medium·5d ago

OpenAI shuts down Sora amid costs and shifting AI video market

OpenAI has discontinued its text-to-video generation tool Sora, ending access less than 18 months after launch. The move comes amid high operational costs, limited sustained adoption, and...

MSN·Apr 28

ROGERS | The Death of Sora AI

In February 2024, OpenAI, best known for creating ChatGPT, showcased Sora AI to the world. Sora AI was described as a text-to-video model where a user inputs prompts and receives short videos that...

The Cornell Daily Sun·Apr 8

OpenAI Closing Its One-Stop AI Slop Shop Sora Is a Cautionary Tale

Tech Policy Press·Mar 31

OpenAI’s Sora shutting down: When it happens, 2 AI video alternatives

Mashable·Mar 25

OpenAI’s Sora Shutdown Exposes The Biggest Myths In AI Content Creation

Forbes·Mar 25

OpenAI Kills Sora: 9.6M Downloads, $1B Disney Pact [2026] - tech-insider.org

tech-insider.org·Jun 1

BU students react to OpenAI’s Sora shutdown with relief, fear about artist livelihoods

The Daily Free Press·Apr 23

When AI Vendors Fail: Lessons From The Sora Shutdown

Forbes·Apr 2

The Sudden Fall of OpenAI’s Most Hyped Product Since ChatGPT

When Sam Altman arrived in Los Angeles to attend Vanity Fair’s Oscar afterparty earlier this month, his company was just weeks away from being able to license its Sora video-generation tools to ...

Wall Street Journal·Mar 30

Farewell, Sora. You proved that humans don't want to watch a feed of AI-generated video slop.

Business Insider·Mar 25

OpenAI's Sora decision is all about AI compute

OpenAI's Fidji Simo focuses on profitability, shutting down Sora AI video app due to compute constraints in favor of ChatGPT's growth.

Insider·Mar 24