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OpenAI Shuts Sora and Science Team in Enterprise Pivot
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OpenAI Shuts Sora and Science Team in Enterprise Pivot

OpenAI has shut down its Sora video-generation project and dissolved its science team, with chief product officer Kevin Weil and Sora lead Bill Peebles both departing the company. The cuts signal a deliberate retreat from consumer-facing moonshots as the company doubles down on enterprise AI revenue. Sam Altman's World project is simultaneously pushing outward, announcing a new human-verification partnership with Tinder.

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