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On medical leave from early April 2026 with a neuroimmune condition

OpenAI previewed Sora as a glimpse of cinema's AI future in early 2024. Twenty-six months later, on April 26, 2026, the company switched off the Sora consumer app for good. The underlying programming interface (the API that lets other developers tap the model) keeps running until September 24, but the standalone product, the iOS social feed, and the much-promoted Disney character partnership all end now.

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