Tribeca announced a “one of a kind” program this year – a special section, “Sora Shorts”, that will showcase only AI-generated films. Five chosen filmmakers got early access to OpenAI’s Sora in order to create dedicated work. This way, one of the world’s biggest film and video festivals embraces the advances of artificial intelligence and offers a platform for discussion. More details are below. It’s not the first time a film event has included work completed (full or partially) by AI. We even wrote about an entire AI Film Festival, organized annually by Runway. However, this is indeed a screen debut for Sora and also an unprecedented move for such a major festival. To host this section, Tribeca teamed up with OpenAI, one of the biggest AI-developing companies at the moment. What is Sora? OpenAI’s Sora is an AI text-to-video generator capable of creating clips of up to one minute based solely on users’ text descriptions. The first demonstration of this tool provided a lot of buzz and heavy discussion among both industry professionals and amateurs. The level of consistency and photorealism ignited excitement and fear at the same time. Since then, different issues have been coming along, including the ethical question about what videos Sora was trained on. Sora is still in closed Beta and not available to the general public. Occasionally, OpenAI showcases some of the curated results created by chosen filmmakers and creatives who had early access. Sora Shorts: what is it about? Together with OpenAI, Tribeca...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 4 June, 2024