Sora 2 app: 7 weird AI videos people have already made with the new OpenAI tool

Because we don't have enough short-form video content.
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AI giant OpenAI debuted Sora 2 this week, its "flagship video and audio generation model." Sora 2 is OpenAI's answer to Google Veo 3, which is widely considered the most advanced generative AI video model to date.

With the launch of Sora 2 has come lots of strange videos, which you can see for yourself in the new Sora app.

There's one reason, in particular, that the videos are getting weird. That would be the "Cameo" feature, which allows you to insert yourself or friends into AI-generated videos. For just one moment, let's forget all the ways this could be used for ill-conceived or nefarious purposed — OK, phew, that is a lot to forget — it's also just tremendously weird to insert a real person into uncanny valley, AI-generated situations. But people are certainly doing it.


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Here's a viral video of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman rapping from a toilet, referencing skibidi toilet, because sure.

Naturally somebody responded with the poster of that post...also in a toilet. And they said creativity was dead and AI is eroding our ability to think.

Or here's AI Bob Ross painting a gorilla fighting 100 men (get it, like the meme).

Or there's this AI video of Altman stealing GPUs purportedly generated by an OpenAI employee. Again...no way this could be sued for nefarious purposes, right?

Or here's Altman awkwardly dancing.

And here's a video playing on the fact that people are eating up AI slop.

Or a video of a guy sloppily eating via AI.

So, as you might've expected, the videos from Sora 2 are immediately getting pretty weird — and, in some cases, scarily realistic looking.


Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.

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Tim Marcin
Associate Editor, Culture

Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).

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