Remember Qik? Of course you don’t, it was Skype’s attempt to be relevant in social and compete with the likes of Snapchat. We were trying to shine Skype up and OpenAI is at the vanguard, but I’ve heard (rumor?) that Sam wants a social media platform and is jealous of influence Musk has with X. There was a similar sounding app created by a guy who left substack. I installed it for a bit and was entertained by the novelty — specialty was AI cameos and you could add in friends. Its name was verb-y and so you could effectively re-stack or re-tweet or re-something. Novelty wore off and I can’t even find it on my phone anymore. So.
Never heard of any of those, but I absolutely see why companies make this play: Virality is the fastest way to adoption. I just wish this didn't simultaneously undermine the "we're fundamentally changing the world with smart and capable models" message.
Yeah the social app thing is a bit weird. But they said it will soon be available on the API so then anyone can use it I guess - outside of the social network.
Not sure the VPN thing works on the iPhone - I'm French so I have access only to the French Appstore, regardless of how I access internet with the phone. If you have a way to do it, I'm interested!
Yeah, for sure. There will be an API and perhaps even a standalone platform down the line. But my concern is about the short-term launch, how it frames the model, and what this tells us about OpenAI's priorities.
I don't have an iPhone either, and I'm in Denmark, so I've been using Sora 2 directly via the browser: sora.com. See if that works for you!
Remember Qik? Of course you don’t, it was Skype’s attempt to be relevant in social and compete with the likes of Snapchat. We were trying to shine Skype up and OpenAI is at the vanguard, but I’ve heard (rumor?) that Sam wants a social media platform and is jealous of influence Musk has with X. There was a similar sounding app created by a guy who left substack. I installed it for a bit and was entertained by the novelty — specialty was AI cameos and you could add in friends. Its name was verb-y and so you could effectively re-stack or re-tweet or re-something. Novelty wore off and I can’t even find it on my phone anymore. So.
Perhaps it’s a play for GenZ?
Never heard of any of those, but I absolutely see why companies make this play: Virality is the fastest way to adoption. I just wish this didn't simultaneously undermine the "we're fundamentally changing the world with smart and capable models" message.
I believe ChatGPT still holds the virality record for fastest adoption by a long shot
OpenAI is calling Sora 2 the "GPT3.5 moment for AI video," so let's see.
Yeah the social app thing is a bit weird. But they said it will soon be available on the API so then anyone can use it I guess - outside of the social network.
Not sure the VPN thing works on the iPhone - I'm French so I have access only to the French Appstore, regardless of how I access internet with the phone. If you have a way to do it, I'm interested!
Yeah, for sure. There will be an API and perhaps even a standalone platform down the line. But my concern is about the short-term launch, how it frames the model, and what this tells us about OpenAI's priorities.
I don't have an iPhone either, and I'm in Denmark, so I've been using Sora 2 directly via the browser: sora.com. See if that works for you!