OpenAI has unveiled Sora 2, a flagship video and audio generation model that aims for far better physical realism, multi-shot consistency, and fine-grained control, and it launches alongside a new social iOS app built around “cameos” of your own likeness. OpenAI frames Sora 2 as a leap from early “it works” demos toward a system that better simulates cause and effect. The model is designed to model failure states and obey more of the everyday physics filmmakers expect, while adding synchronized dialogue and sound design that can follow prompts with greater precision. What is new in the Sora 2 model OpenAI says Sora 2 handles scenarios that previously broke video generators, such as Olympic-level gymnastics and backflips on a paddleboard that respect buoyancy and rigidity. Where older models might teleport a missed basketball into the hoop, Sora 2 lets it rim out or rebound from the backboard, an example of the system modeling outcomes rather than forcing success. The company positions this as a step toward a general-purpose world simulator. Controllability and multi-shot consistency Prompts can now span multiple shots while maintaining scene state, character continuity, and blocking. OpenAI highlights improved instruction-following across realistic, cinematic, and anime styles. For production use, that means fewer continuity breaks when evolving a scene, and greater reliability when iterating on coverage. Native audio: dialogue and sound effects Sora 2 can generate background soundscapes, speech, and effects in sync with the visuals, all within a single promptable system. For quick previs, animatics, or social pieces,...
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