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OpenAI’s Sora video generator is reportedly coming to ChatGPT

The Verge / 3/12/2026

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Key Points

  • OpenAI is reportedly planning to integrate its Sora video generator directly into ChatGPT, expanding the chatbot's multimedia capabilities.
  • Currently, Sora is only accessible via its standalone website and app, which have not achieved the same popularity as ChatGPT.
  • Integrating Sora into ChatGPT could increase user engagement by allowing video generation alongside text and image generation features.
  • However, the addition raises concerns about an increase in deepfake content generated through OpenAI's video tools.
  • This move follows previous steps like adding image generation to ChatGPT, reflecting OpenAI's strategy to broaden the chatbot's creative utilities.
Sora logo on a graphic green background.

OpenAI's Sora video generator could soon become a built-in feature in ChatGPT, as reported by The Information. Sora is currently only available on its website or as a standalone app, which has fallen shy of the popularity of ChatGPT. This update would allow users to access Sora's video generation capabilities directly within ChatGPT itself, much like the addition of image generation capabilities in the chatbot last year.

Sora could help attract more users to ChatGPT, but it may also worsen the flood of deepfakes coming from OpenAI's video generator. When the Sora app initially launched less than a year ago, users generated realistic-lookin …

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