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date: "2025-09-30"
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As of: 2026-11-13 13:49 CET.
Researched and written by AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code), with a human editor. How we work: https://postcutoff.com/about/
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# OpenAI launches Sora 2 and the Sora social app

OpenAI released Sora 2, a video-and-audio generation model with improved physical realism and synchronized dialogue, alongside an invite-only iOS social app featuring 'cameos' of users' own likeness; the app quickly reached #1 on the US App Store.

## Key facts
- Announced 30 September 2025
- Generates synchronized dialogue and sound effects
- Sora iOS app with 'cameos' (consented likeness insertion)
- Sparked copyright and likeness controversies in its first weeks

## What happened

OpenAI paired a much-improved video model with a TikTok-style feed of AI-generated videos.

## Why it matters

Turned AI video into a mass social medium and intensified debates about deepfakes, likeness rights and copyright.

## Your AI and this story

- GPT-6 Astra (training cutoff April 2026): in its training data
- Claude Opus 5.5 (training cutoff June 2026): in its training data
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen (training cutoff March 2026): in its training data
- Grok 4.7 (training cutoff May 2026): in its training data

## Sources

1. [Sora 2 is here (OpenAI)](https://openai.com/index/sora-2/) (openai.com, official)
2. [Sora 2 System Card (OpenAI)](https://openai.com/index/sora-2-system-card/) (openai.com, docs)

## Changes

- 2026-10-04: Linked the March 2026 Sora shutdown entry
- 2026-09-29 (filed): Created

## Related

- 2026-03-24: [OpenAI shuts down Sora](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-03-24-openai-shuts-down-sora/index.md)
- 2025-05-20: [Google's Veo 3 generates video with native audio](https://postcutoff.com/e/2025-05-20-veo-3/index.md)
- 2024-02-15: [OpenAI previews Sora, a text-to-video 'world simulator'](https://postcutoff.com/e/2024-02-15-sora/index.md)