Will Smith Clarifies Video Authenticity, AI Model Sora Sparks Controversy


The Tencent Hua yuan team has open-sourced the video generation acceleration solution DisCa. By using learnable feature caching technology, it further compresses the inference cost on the distilled few-step model and improves the generation speed. The code and model weights of this solution are publicly available and have been accepted by CVPR 2026.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that shutting down Sora is not due to technical issues but a severe shortage of computing power, as the company must allocate limited chip resources to higher-priority projects, leading to internal competition for resources.....
Kuaishou's Kling AI leads globally in mobile video models, gaining prominence after OpenAI's Sora shutdown, with 7.8 million MAUs far surpassing Sora's 4.7 million.....
Google unveils the lightweight video generation model Veo 3.1 Lite, significantly reducing computing costs through architectural optimization, aiming to promote the popularity of high-quality video generation. The model targets lightweight market products, offering high cost-effectiveness and a video generation cost as low as $0.05 per second for 720P videos, meeting the needs of different developers.
OpenAI announced the closure of the video generation model Sora, with its application being discontinued in April and API services ceasing in September. The model once attracted millions of users due to its realistic effects, but its popularity quickly declined, with daily active users dropping to 500,000 and remaining low thereafter. High operational costs and difficulties in commercialization were the main reasons for the shutdown, making Sora a sacrifice of the company's strategic adjustments.