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OpenAI's abrupt shutdown of Sora video tool after six months sparks speculation about data collection practices and facial recognition concerns.

OpenAI's abrupt shutdown of Sora video tool after six months sparks speculation about data collection practices and facial recognition concerns.

3 Key Points

  1. OpenAI shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months after its public release

  2. The app allowed users to upload their own faces, raising questions about whether the shutdown was related to data privacy issues

  3. The decision immediately triggered speculation about OpenAI's motives, with concerns that the tool may have been used for data collection purposes

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