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OpenAI previews Sora as a high-fidelity video world simulator

OpenAI disclosed Sora, a text-conditional video model capable of generating up to a minute of high-fidelity video, and framed scaling video models as a path toward general-purpose world simulators.

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TOWARD DOOM61confidence 97/100

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The research preview demonstrated a major jump in realistic long-form video generation and evidence of learned physical-world representations, while access remained restricted.

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  1. R1
    Toward 61 · confidence 97

    New February 2024 restricted high-capability video-model research preview.

    12 Aug 2026