OpenAI's Sora web and app experiences were discontinued on April 26, with the Sora API set to follow on September 24. The shutdown came after the product proved financially untenable: Sora cost roughly $1 million per day to operate but generated only about $2.1 million in total revenue
大多数人认为顶级AI模型应该具有商业可行性，但作者认为即使是OpenAI这样的大公司，其旗舰视频生成产品Sora也因财务不可持续而失败，这表明AI领域的商业挑战比普遍认知更为严峻。AI技术实力并不直接转化为商业成功，这挑战了'技术领先必然带来市场成功'的主流认知。