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🚫 OpenAI Kills Sora, Disney Deal Cancelled
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Breaking News: OpenAI has discontinued its AI video tool Sora, blindsiding Disney and ending a $1 billion partnership. The move highlights OpenAI’s shift toward enterprise AI and coding solutions as competition heats up.
Get ready to dive into the latest happenings in AI.
📢 Today's Headline:
OpenAI Drops Sora After 3 Months
Trump’s Tech Council Snubs Musk!
Meta cuts hundreds more jobs!
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OpenAI shut down Sora while Disney teams were actively working on it—they found out 30 minutes after their last meeting.
What actually went down:
That big Disney partnership announced 3 months ago? The money never moved. The deal looked huge but never actually closed.
Sora used too much computer power. OpenAI picked business tools over flashy video stuff because enterprises actually pay.
Some OpenAI employees found out Tuesday morning. One day after the company posted about Sora being safe and ready. Awkward.
OpenAI is rushing toward going public and they're cutting anything that doesn't make money fast. Video looks cool but costs too much to run. Meanwhile competitors are winning business customers.
👀 Bottom line: OpenAI is moving fast and breaking things—including partnerships. If you're using their newer tools, don't assume they'll stick around just because they launched.
⚠️ For builders: Test backup options. What looks like the next big thing today might be gone tomorrow.
Trump just picked his tech advisors and the two loudest voices in AI didn't get invited.
Who's in and who's out:
Zuckerberg, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, and Oracle's Larry Ellison made the cut. Marc Andreessen and Google's Sergey Brin too. Only 2 women total.
Musk literally ran Trump's government efficiency project and still didn't get picked. Sam Altman and anyone from Microsoft also got skipped.
The whole council is mostly investors and chip makers. Just one actual researcher who builds AI models.
This council will help shape U.S. AI policy and make sure America stays ahead in tech.
👀 What it means: Trump went with the people who control the infrastructure (chips, cloud, compute) over the people making headlines. Nvidia powers everything. Meta builds data centers. Oracle runs enterprise systems.
⚠️ The awkward part: Musk's xAI competes with everyone on this council. That might be why he's out. Or Trump's spreading bets instead of picking favorites.
Meta just fired hundreds more people while spending $135 billion on AI this year.
The numbers:
Meta's doubling AI spending to $135 billion in 2026. That's almost twice what they spent last year. Their free cash flow is about to drop 90%.
Reality Labs (the VR division) lost $19 billion last year and $90 billion total. VR is basically done. They're switching to AI glasses.
This isn't the first cut. Meta already fired 21,000 people in 2022-2023. Then 3,600 more. Then 1,500 from VR in January. Now hundreds more.
Zuck says AI tools make engineers 30% more productive so they need fewer people. If that's real it makes sense. If not it's just regular layoffs with AI branding.
👀 The bigger picture: Every tech company is doing this. 45,000 tech jobs gone in early 2026. Atlassian, Amazon, Block all cutting thousands while spending big on AI.
⚠️ The question: Can AI actually replace this many people or are companies just cutting costs and calling it innovation? We'll find out in a few months when results come in.
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