Creating with Sora Safely

OpenAI Blog / 3/23/2026

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Key Points

  • The article explains that Sora 2 and the Sora app were designed to address safety challenges from a state-of-the-art video generation model and a new social creation platform.
  • It states that safety is built in from the beginning, emphasizing “concrete protections” rather than treating safety as an add-on.
  • It positions the release as a targeted response to both technical risks in video generation and platform-level social risks tied to user creation and sharing.
To address the novel safety challenges posed by a state-of-the-art video model as well as a new social creation platform, we’ve built Sora 2 and the Sora app with safety at the foundation. Our approach is anchored in concrete protections.