OpenAI’s Merry Shipmas

As a seasoned researcher with a keen interest in the ever-evolving world of AI, I can’t help but feel a sense of excitement and anticipation as I follow the latest developments in the field. The announcements coming from OpenAI, particularly the release of Sora and the “12 Days of OpenAI” event, have certainly piqued my curiosity.


This initiative, as announced by CEO Sam Altman at The New York Times’ DealBook conference, is designed to spotlight daily advancements. Key features include the expected launch of Sora, an innovative text-to-video AI technology, along with a novel reasoning model.

As an analyst, I’ve been closely following the development of Sora, a tool designed to produce videos from textual inputs. Throughout 2024, this project has been underway, with artists joining forces in a restricted research preview to test and offer feedback on its functionality. However, this collaboration has stirred up some debate, as certain artists have alleged that OpenAI is leveraging their work without compensation for the tool’s research and development. This has even led to a demonstration, during which the secretive nature of Sora was compromised, granting wider access to it.

In the cutthroat world of AI-generated videos, Google’s latest offering, Veo, has upped the ante. Veo, which is now accessible through a private preview on Google’s Vertex AI platform, was revealed right before Sora hit the market, making the competition even fiercer in this rapidly advancing technology sector.

The upcoming “12 Days of OpenAI” event promises daily livestreams showcasing fresh advancements. Employees’ hints imply a festive theme, with potential reveals such as a ChatGPT voice modeled after Santa, as suggested by user-spotted code adjustments.

Today’s initial update is that OpenAI’s model o1 has exited its preview phase within ChatGPT. Since the preview, there have been significant improvements, including a more rapid and robust reasoning model that excels in coding, mathematics, and writing, as reported by OpenAI.

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2024-12-06 14:36