Sora 2

Listen Up. I Have A Idea On How I Can Save Sora, But I Can’t Do It Alone, But I Know Who Can Help Me.

The Ones Who Can Help Me Are The People Of This Subreddit. They’re The Only Ones Who Can Help Me Stop Sam Altman, Get Everything Back, And Save Sora 2!

And If We Can All Believe In Ourselves And Work Together, We’ll Continue To Have Sora For A Longer Period Of Time.

Now, Who’s With Me?

I’ve read enough posts about Sora 2 being gone and people hoping it comes back, and at this point I don’t think tweets, feedback forms, or Reddit threads are going to change anything.

So I’m taking a different approach.

I know an old witch.

She lives pretty secluded, out in the woods—not in a creepy way, just very private and away from everything. No internet, no phone, nothing like that. You wouldn’t find her unless someone took you there.

I didn’t believe any of this at first either, but I’ve seen situations where people went to her with things completely out of their control, and somehow the outcome shifted afterward. Not instantly, not dramatically—just enough that you can’t ignore it.

What she does is basically focused rituals that influence outcomes. Not controlling people, but… nudging decisions in a certain direction.

So I went to her and explained the situation about Sora 2.

She didn’t react like it was strange at all. Just listened, nodded, and said, “This is not a small request.”

Apparently, things involving large decisions and multiple people require a stronger effort and very clear intent behind it.

The idea would be to perform a targeted ritual directed at Sam Altman and whoever else is involved in decisions around Sora. The goal wouldn’t be to force anything unnatural, just to push things toward reconsideration—like reopening a path that was closed.

Before anyone says anything, yes, I know how this sounds.

But also… nothing else has worked.

She did mention that something on this scale would likely require some kind of exchange or offering. She didn’t explain fully yet, just said we would “know when the time comes,” which I’m trying not to think too much about.

I haven’t gone through with it yet, but I’m very close.

So if Sora 2 randomly comes back in the next few months, just know… this might have had something to do with it.

And if it doesn’t, then I guess even old witches in the woods have limits.

I thought it was gone, but it’s just half-dead and barely hanging on

it keeps falling, disconnecting, or giving up mid-generation like it’s tried of life.

at this point it’s not running… it’s just slowly dying in real time.

still can’t let it go though

Hey everyone,

With all the hype around the leaked Gemini Omni video model, I wanted to see how it compares directly to OpenAI's Sora 2.

Just a quick heads up on Sora 2. It is currently closed off and only available through the API, and it is going to be shut down completely in the near future. I used the Bing Sora 2 video generator to make these comparison clips. I left the AI watermark on the Sora 2 generations on purpose so you can easily tell the difference between the two models at a glance.

To make the comparison as fair as possible, I tried to keep the prompts very similar to the leaked Gemini Omni videos I found on X.

Here are the sources for the original Gemini Omni clips:

[https://x.com/i/status/2053824398503678108](https://x.com/i/status/2053824398503678108)

[https://x.com/i/status/2053718756799467735](https://x.com/i/status/2053718756799467735)

[https://x.com/i/status/2053857806374064496](https://x.com/i/status/2053857806374064496)

Here are the prompts I used, in order of appearance:

**1. The Spaghetti Scene** "Create a scene with two men at a table seaside at an upscale restaurant on outdoor deck seating. They are at a circular table with a nice white table cloth, and all of the fancy accessories, all the spoons forks and knives, fancy napkins, centerpiece. One man is Distinguished: A mature African-American man in his 50s with a short beard and confident posture, wearing a tailored, sophisticated suit, the other is is friend, both approaching the table to eat a plate of spaghetti."

**2. Anime Combat** "High-energy anime combat scene in a vast meadow during sunset, featuring a black-haired boy with blue flaming markings delivering powerful punches and a kick to a stoic white-haired opponent, with dynamic blue energy effects and impact lines,"

**3. Chalkboard Math Proof** "A professor writes out a mathematical proof for trigonometric identities on a traditional chalkboard, explaining the step he is currently on in the equation."

Let me know which model you think handled the generations better in the comments!

I am genuinely annoyed that OpenAI pulled the plug on the Sora 2.0 platform this week. I was relying on it for daily storyboard iterations and for draft visualizations. Their $15 million a day compute cost excuse feels like a massive blow to the creative side of things. And, yes, it is super frustrating to lose access to this so suddenly.

Been then trying to adjust my daily tasks to compensate. I have been using other tools that have ai videos, for example, writingmate with sora2 and veo and others (including some local options and also a bit of capcut), to aggregate my other model needs, and this has already saved me a decent amount on individual subs for text/code/images (gpt, grok, gemini, claude etc.), I first thought it doesn't solve the video generation void left by the shutdown when it comes to usability, but after learning how to use it I now am fully replacing this sora app with all in one ai tools basically.

Nevertheless, everything feels fragmented again. I am curious if anyone has found any other stable alternative for high-fidelity video that doesn't feel like a beta test and that has a great ui and ux? And, are you guys switching to local models, or is there another hosted platform that actually holds up to the quality we had with Sora 2.0 and this app?