OpenAI Abruptly Terminates Sora Project; Disney's $10B Cooperation Collapses, Team Shocked

OpenAI abruptly terminated its AI video generation project Sora, catching Disney's team—who were in collaboration talks—by surprise. An insider revealed Disney learned of the termination just 30 minutes after their meeting, feeling like 'the red carpet was suddenly pulled away'.

Disney had planned to invest $10 billion (≈68.99 billion yuan) and license over 200 characters for AI video generation, but the deal never completed fund transfer. Sora's high computational cost, which squeezed resources from other teams, was a key reason for termination.

OpenAI is shifting focus to commercial areas like programming tools, enterprise clients, and robots, adjusting its management structure. Disney respects the strategic shift and is still exploring other potential collaborations.