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This video is from the ‘AI with Kyle News and Updates Live Stream’ First aired: 2 October 2025

Summary: OpenAI dropped Sora 2 this week and honestly, the timing is a bit awkward. Just last week Sam Altman was out here talking about needing trillions of dollars and massive compute power to cure cancer and provide personalised tutors for every human on earth. Noble stuff. Then days later they launch what's essentially a very sophisticated AI video slop machine with Sam's face plastered everywhere as the default deep fake. I get why they're doing it, they need revenue, they need to prove the business model to investors, and the the TikTok killer is genuinely clever, but the optics are problematic.

But, the bit that's worrying: if you delete your Sora account, OpenAI nukes your entire ChatGPT account, all your conversations, and your API access. Forever. You can't even reuse your email. It's buried in the terms and I didn't clock it when signing up, did you?

They've also just closed a deal allowing employees to sell shares at a $500 billion valuation, so there's clearly a lot of money moving around behind the scenes. Meanwhile, internal researchers are publicly uncomfortable about launching a social media feed, and honestly, fair enough.

Oh and we've also just crossed the uncanny valley—AI video is now indistinguishable from reality for most people, and society hasn't quite cottoned on to what that means yet.

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0:00 - Introduction & Account Deletion Warning
0:57 - OpenAI $500B Valuation & Share Sale Deal
2:56 - Sam Altman's "Abundant Intelligence" Blog Post
4:37 - Sam Altman Preparing Ground for Sora Launch
5:07 - Is Sora High-Quality Slop? The Cameo Feature
7:08 - Will Sora Be a ChatGPT Moment for Video?
8:35 - The Contradiction: Cancer Cure vs AI Video Generator
9:53 - Why OpenAI Needs Revenue & Popular Products
11:24 - Marketing Genius: Sam Altman's Face & Invite Codes
12:12 - Scarcity Marketing & How to Access Sora in UK/Europe
13:40 - OpenAI's Future: The Advertising Business Model
15:29 - Internal OpenAI Dissent Over Sora Launch
16:30 - Researchers Express Worry About Social Media Pitfalls
17:44 - AI Researchers Voice Concerns Over Sora 2 Launch
18:34 - Q&A: Can You Livestream Sora to TikTok?
18:56 - The Scary Part: Deleting Sora Deletes Everything
22:22 - We've Crossed the Uncanny Valley - Video Can't Be Trusted
24:19 - Wrap Up & Where to Find More Content

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