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OpenAI’s former Sora boss is leaving
TL;DROpenAI's Sora video team leader Bill Peebles is leaving after the company shelved the project.
Why it matters: Shows OpenAI is deprioritizing multimodal tools to focus on core AI capabilities and reasoning.
Last month, OpenAI gave up on its Sora video generation tool, and on Friday, the Sora team's leader, Bill Peebles, announced that he is leaving the company. OpenAI has been shifting its priorities as part of an effort to avoid "side quests," and Peebles' departure is just one of…
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