Ultraman released the "King Bomb" model Sora, Zhou Hongyi: The gap between China and the United States AI has widened again

"A few huge furry mammoths were walking through the snowy meadows, their long fur furs fluttering gently in the wind, and in the distance there were snow-covered trees and majestic snow-capped mountains, wisps of clouds in the afternoon sun, and the sun hung high in the sky. ”

Just enter text and you can generate a high-definition video of up to 60 seconds. At the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, OpenAI's King-level Wensheng video model once again made the world feel the power of artificial intelligence. Even Musk sighed: "Human beings admit to losing the bet." ”

OpenAI推新款大模型Sora

A 60-second video can be generated from text

In the early morning of the 16th, OpenAI released the Wensheng video model Sora on its official website.

The model can generate a minute-long video, and the generated image can well show the relationship between light and shadow in the scene, the physical occlusion between various objects, and the collision relationship, and the lens is silky and variable.

OpenAI says Sora is able to generate complex scenes, including not only multiple characters, but also specific types of movements, as well as accurate and detailed depictions of objects and backgrounds.

In addition to being able to generate video from text instructions only, the model is also capable of generating video from existing still images, accurately animating the image content, and also using existing video to expand or fill in missing frames.

To sum it up, Sora's features include "Wensheng video, picture video, extended original video", with a length of up to 60 seconds, and the video is more high-definition, more realistic in detail, and more expressive.

In addition to the aforementioned mammoth, OpenAI has also unveiled several demo videos, such as:

"A stylish woman walks down the streets of Tokyo filled with warm neon lights and animated city signs. She wears a black leather jacket, a long red skirt, black boots, and carries a black purse. She wears sunglasses and red lipstick. She walks confidently and casually. The streets are damp and reflective, creating a mirror effect illuminated by colored lights. Many pedestrians walked around".

The video is 60 seconds long, and the text content is almost 100% restored, and the characters, backgrounds, and light and shadow effects are as detailed as fake. In the second half of the video, even the pores and imperfections on the woman's face are clearly visible, and Sora seems to speak of her strength in this way.

More Cases:

Video of the Chinese dragon dance in the Year of the Dragon

Two pirate ships fight each other as they sail over a cup of coffee

The life story of a robot in a cyberpunk setting

However, as a large model of the original Wensheng video, Sora also has a number of problems, OpenAI admits that the model can confuse the spatial details of the prompt, such as confusing the left and right, and it is difficult to accurately describe events that occur over time, such as following a specific camera trajectory.

According to Jiemian News, citing foreign media sources, OpenAI is reported to have completed a transaction, and the valuation of the artificial intelligence company has reached $80 billion, and its valuation has nearly tripled in less than 10 months.

Zhou Hongyi said that the gap is still widening

Musk said that humanity is willing to gamble and lose

The emergence of Sora has attracted global attention, with netizens marveling at the rapid development of artificial intelligence, and a number of big Vs also expressing their opinions.

The founder of 360 spoke highly of Sora, believing that the birth of Sora means that the implementation of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) may be shortened from 10 years to one or two years.

Zhou Hongyi believes that the ultimate competition in technology competition is to make talent density and deep accumulation, "Many people say that the effect of Sora beats Pika and Runway. This is normal, compared with the entrepreneur team, OpenAl is still very strong in a company with core technology. Some people think that with AI, startups only need to be self-employed, but today it proves that this idea is very ridiculous. ”

He also mentioned that although the development level of domestic large models is close to GPT-3.5 on the surface, there is actually a gap of one and a half years compared with 4.0. OpenAl should still have some secret weapons in its hands, whether it is GPT-5 or the automatic generation of content by machine self-learning, "Ultraman (CEO of OpenAI) is a marketing guru who knows how to master the rhythm, and they don't have all the weapons in their hands. In this way, it seems that the gap between China and the United States in AI may continue to widen. ”

Hu Xijin also expressed his opinion on Sora. That's an explosive development, he said. By noon today, under the leadership of Jia Ling's realistic film "Hot and Hot", the box office of China's Spring Festival stalls this year exceeded 7 billion. But while Sora is lighting up the future of AI image production, it is also casting a shadow over the future of global realist cinema. "Let Lao Hu continue to watch the Spring Festival movies, he is a little uneasy. ”

Hours after Sora's release, Musk replied on social media with "gg humans", which stands for Good Games and means "play well, I throw in the towel." Later, Musk also said that humans enhanced by AI will create the best works in the coming years.

What is the impact of Sora on the future?

Who will lose their jobs as a result?

The birth of Sora means that after text and pictures, AI technology has broken through to the field of video. Although similar models have been released by AI video tools such as Runway Gen 2 and Pika before this, in contrast, other large models are still working to break through the coherence of a few seconds, and OpenAI can already achieve 60 seconds of ultra-detailed video production, which can be said to be an epic breakthrough.

So what will be the impact of this epic technological change on humanity?

Bai Wenxi, vice chairman of the China Enterprise Capital Alliance, told the Blue Whale reporter that Sora, as a powerful video generation tool, can greatly reduce the threshold and cost of video production, so that more people can easily create high-quality video content. This will have a far-reaching impact on many industries such as film and television, advertising, games, news, education, VR/AR, etc., and has a wide range of application prospects.

For example, in the film and television industry, where everyone is a director, Sora can quickly generate realistic scenes and special effects to help production crews better realize their ideas and improve production efficiency. In the advertising industry, Sora can quickly generate high-quality ads based on brand needs and marketing goals.

After the transformation of the way of content creation, the field of literary creation will also usher in a renaissance, and novels can directly generate anime and TV series. The concentrated outbreak of video content will usher in a reshuffle of the self-media industry. With the continuous development of technology, Sora will be promoted and applied in more fields in the future.

It is undeniable that technological change is a double-edged sword, and while focusing on the application prospects, many people are worried that AI will rob their jobs. So what jobs will the advent of the video model Sora have, and who will lose their jobs as a result?

Judging from the analysis of the above experts, the most vulnerable people may be the practitioners in the film and television industry.

For positions such as video editors and post-production, video model Sora can generate video automatically or semi-automatically, which may lead to a decline in demand for traditional video production and editing positions. Post-production includes editing, special effects, sound effects, etc., which can also be automated or semi-automated through AI technology.

For example, in the role of news presenter, the Sora model can automatically generate video news reports based on the input text, and some simple news reporting tasks may be replaced by the Sora model.

In addition, jobs such as game animators, advertising creative and design positions, and content creators are all likely to be impacted by large models.

When I woke up, the AI industry changed, and the emergence of Sora was like a bombshell, allowing the world to see the infinite possibilities of artificial intelligence. The first solid milestone in 2024 has fallen, and hope is still greater than despair for mankind.