The clip gained attention for its apparent sophistication; it appeared well-choreographed, competently shot, and appropriately lit, which are all elements that other AI video tools have struggled to convincingly replicate. If Robinson's claim was true, this was a significant leap forward in AI video technology. The kind of thing AI hype-men have been shilling for years and which has-until, if Robinson is to be believed, right now-turned out to be nothing more than snake oil. There's just one problem: It's probably still snake oil.
As we wrap up 2025, we're looking at the year's biggest winners: the people, companies, products and trends that made the most impact over the year. Almost at the top of the pile, of course, are the tech billionaires. According to a recent report by Oxfam, the 10 richest US billionaires (who are all tech leaders, save for Warren Buffet) increased their wealth by $698 billion in 2025. Some of that has been spent treating and lavishing donations on President Trump.
OpenAI has brought its AI video app, Sora, to Android. The app, which lets you create, share, and remix AI-generated videos, is now available on the Google Play Store in the US, Canada, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam, according to an announcement on Tuesday. OpenAI launched Sora on iOS in September, with the app accumulating more than 1 million downloads in the five days following its launch.
He doesn't work for an ad agency (he's a motion graphic designer), nor did he have any kind of experience producing ads. What he did have was access to a collection of AI models that could produce text, voiceovers, images and video - all of the key ingredients he'd need in order to cook up a parody of a TV commercial. There wasn't any kind of pay involved with the project; he just wanted to experiment and possibly make his friends laugh.
That's why she dropped out of her Stanford Ph.D program and co-founded Pika in April 2023 with aspiring animator and fellow Ph.D student Chenlin Meng. Just as AI video companies like Runway were starting to get hot, the duo, after experimenting with making long-form generative AI films, decided to create an easier-to-use AI video generator-sparking interest from top Silicon Valley investors like Nat Friedman.
OpenAI's new Sora 2 video app is fun. It's delightful and silly and goofy and creative. I have genuinely loved making funny videos that use images of me and my friends. But read that last sentence again. The flip side of all this wonder is also the terrifying part. This is the first time I've felt AI get close to mimicking real life. In other words, you might have a hard time telling what's real and what's fake when you watch these Sora-made videos.
The way we see it, the real race for AI video hasn't begun. Our new identity, Mirage, reflects our expanded vision and commitment to redefining the video category, starting with short-form video, through frontier AI research and models, CEO Gaurav Misra told TechCrunch.
