Hosted video models, hands on

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Sora, and the day a model is switched off

Lesson 6 of 10 in Hosted video models, hands on.

Checked against the makers' documentation on 25 September 2026.

OpenAI announces it is shutting down video platform Sora  · NBC News
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Sora is gone. OpenAI's help centre says the Sora app and website closed on 26 April 2026, and its developer docs say the Sora 2 models and the Videos API were shut down on 24 September 2026, the day before this lesson was checked, with no one-to-one replacement. The deprecations page lists sora-2, sora-2-pro and their dated snapshots with a dash where a recommended replacement would normally go. The old video guide is still online, marked as kept for historical reference.

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Sora's shutdown: announced 24 March 2026, the app closed 26 April, the API switched off 24 September, and still listed by a gateway on 25 September; the defence is to download the day it is made, log model and prompt, and keep approved stills.
A screenshot of OpenAI's deprecations page showing the 24 March 2026 entry for Sora 2 video generation models and the Videos API, a table of six models and endpoints all with a shutdown date of 24 September 2026 and a dash for the recommended replacement.
OpenAI's deprecations page: every Sora 2 model and the Videos API shut down on 24 September 2026, with no replacement listed. Screenshot of OpenAI's API deprecations page, captured 25 September 2026.OpenAI/Screenshot, shown for teaching
An ink drawing of a dark film stage with black curtains, and one desk lamp lighting a wooden box of film cans in the foreground.
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  1. Question 1, locked

    Which of these words means this? “A maker's warning that a model will stop working on a stated date.”

    • Operation
    • Multi-shot
    • Deprecation notice
    • Native audio
  2. Question 2, locked

    Which of these words means this? “The day calls start failing. For Sora 2 and OpenAI's Videos API, 24 September 2026.”

    • Polling
    • Presigned link
    • Shutdown date
    • Sound cue
  3. Question 3, locked

    Which of these words means this? “A dated version of a model, such as sora-2-2025-10-06. It goes with its family.”

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    • Ray 3.2
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    • Forced length

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