Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI unveils breathtaking text-to-video generating tool

The AI system, called Sora, can quickly create videos up to a minute long

A still image of a video of woolly mammoths created by writing a short prompt to the new AI system, Sora

OpenAI has teased a new artificial intelligence system that can create realistic-looking videos based on text prompts from users, making it the latest AI company to embrace generative video technology.

The AI system, called Sora, can quickly create videos up to a minute long that represent “complex scenes with multiple characters, specific types of motion, and accurate details of the subject and background,” the company said in a blog post Thursday.

The tool will initially ...