@Barnabas Lawson of AI Creator Tools is going to be updating us on all things AI Video. This follows the announcement of OpenAI discontinuing Sora, a platform that Barnabas has extensive expertise in. So head over to the calendar, select the event, put it in your diary and we will see your tomorrow at 4:30pm. Bring your questions.

Join us tomorrow at 4:30pm for Coffee & Collab — our monthly community catch-up! We're now 159 members strong and growing, so if you haven't joined us live yet, this is a brilliant time to start. It's a relaxed space to connect, share what you're working on, and hear how others are using AI in their businesses. We'll also be discussing Sam Altman's latest interview — there are some fascinating insights about OpenAI's direction that are well worth unpacking together. Each month, we also offer a 5-minute Business Spotlight — a chance to share a new product, service, or project with the community. If you'd like the floor, just DM me! Who's joining us? Here's the link to register.

@Barnabas Lawson is our special guest at the next AI Image and Video session as part AI Skills Bootcamp. Check out his channel ACT and have a taste of what’s to come in our May 13th session.

Thanks to @Paul Spencer who alerted us to the fact that OpenAI is closing Sora - its video generation app. It only launched six months ago! It says the compute cost for video generation is too high to make it a viable product. This follows the announcement that it is closing its shopping feature too. It was only weeks ago the AI giant signed a huge licensing deal with Disney! Did they secretly sell it? Wikipedia updated its listing just three hours ago to reflect this change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sora_(text-to-video_model) Is this the end of AI video or are there better tools that people use? I would love to hear your thoughts.