OpenAI’s Sora video generator is rolling out to ChatGPT Pro and Plus subscribers – but not in the EU
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OpenAI’s Sora video generator is rolling out to ChatGPT Pro and Plus subscribers – but not in the EU

Posted on by Amelia Pressman

Starting today, subscribers to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Pro and Plus plans get access to Sora, OpenAI’s video generator – but only if they live in certain countries.

During a livestream on Monday afternoon, OpenAI revealed key information about Sora, including technical details. The version released today, called Sora Turbo, can generate clips between 5 seconds and 20 seconds in length in various aspect ratios and resolutions.

According to video blogger Marcus Brownlee, who got an early preview of the features, Sora can create videos from a text prompt or image and edit existing videos via a remix tool. A storyboard interface allows users to create video sequences, while a blend tool takes two videos and creates a new one that retains elements of both.

Credits are required to create videos with Sora, although the amount varies depending on the resolution and duration. ChatGPT Plus and Pro plans offer 1,000 and 10,000 credits respectively, which reset monthly without renewal.

480p videos made with Sora cost 20 to 150 credits, 720p videos cost 30 to 540 credits, and 1080p videos cost 100 to 2,000 credits. Additionally, pricing becomes a little more complicated.

ChatGPT Plus plans include 1,000 credits for up to 50 “priority videos” (i.e. videos that are generated quickly) at 720p, 5 seconds, while Pro plans include 10,000 credits for up to 500 priority videos at 1080p, 20 seconds. Pro also includes unlimited “relaxed” videos, which are low priority videos without watermarks. By default, Sora videos come with a watermark and a visual notice in the bottom right corner.

Credit resets monthly at midnight, is non-renewable, and expires at the end of each billing cycle.

But the new Sora will not be available in Europe, at least for the time being. A newly published help page on OpenAI’s website that lists supported territories for Sora “on web and mobile” leaves out all EU countries. On the page, OpenAI notes that accessing Sora outside of the listed regions may result in account suspension or suspension.

This is not the first time that OpenAI has skipped EU countries for an initial product launch. When the company began rolling out Advanced Voice Mode, its human-like conversation feature for ChatGPT, this summer, EU users were left out of the first waves.

In a statement to TechRadar this fall, OpenAI attributed the delay in Advanced Voice Mode to the “additional external reviews” required in some territories. “This is standard practice to ensure (our) feature meets local requirements,” a spokesperson told the publication at the time. “These (assessments) may take some time.”

Advanced Voice Mode will be available to most EU customers in October.

Other technology companies working on AI models and products, including Meta and Microsoft, have also been forced to push back on releasing AI products in the EU due to the EU’s complex web of data protection regulations. Meta has been particularly vocal about the compliance requirements it finds burdensome, endorsing an open letter earlier this year calling for a “modern interpretation” of European data protection laws that “does not reject (AI) progress.” .

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