OpenAI to integrate AI video tool Sora into ChatGPT: report

OpenAI plans to add its AI video generator Sora to ChatGPT, Reuters reported, citing The Information.

Sora, launched as a standalone app in September 2025, lets users create and share AI-generated videos that can be derived from copyrighted content and shared to social media-like streams.

The move would put Sora alongside text-to-video tools from Meta and Google as companies push into multimodal AI.

The Information said OpenAI will keep the Sora standalone app while integrating the tool into ChatGPT.

Video and image AI models are seen as the next frontier after text models.

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Sora is coming to ChatGPT after early buzz and tougher rivals

The standalone Sora app, described as a TikTok-style video platform, went viral and even hit the top of Apple’s App Store while staying invite-only 1.
OpenAI is pushing this feature as Meta’s Vibes and Google’s Veo 3 raise the stakes in text-to-video generation 1.
Sora has already run into moderation issues. Users have made deepfakes and slipped past safety filters, and the same risk could spread to ChatGPT’s larger audience 1.

The shift raises pricing choices and more synthetic training data

Putting Sora inside ChatGPT brings new pricing decisions that go beyond a simple subscription.
OpenAI’s API (application programming interface) prices for some built-in tools include per-call fees and token-based charges. That setup leaves room for pay-per-use video generation, though the report does not say how Sora would be priced in ChatGPT 2.
Broader access may speed up the use of AI-generated video as synthetic training data (artificially generated content used to train AI models). That can create a loop where AI-made clips help train stronger models 1.
This matches a “building in the open” approach that ships products publicly and adjusts based on real-world use, which former OpenAI executive Zack Kass favors over building privately or not building at all 1.