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Did we just win? OpenAI shuts down Sora celebration

This meme expresses widespread satisfaction over the news that OpenAI shut down its AI video generation model Sora. The text labels OpenAI's action of shutting down Sora (which the meme creator calls 'AI slop', a dismissive term for low-quality AI content), then uses an image of cheering characters from *Squid Game* to show how 'everyone else' is excitedly celebrating the shutdown, implying that many people are unhappy with unregulated low-quality AI generated content.
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OpenAI: decides to shut down their AI slop video generating model Sora
Everyone else:

Overview

This meme expresses widespread satisfaction over the news that OpenAI shut down its AI video generation model Sora. The text labels OpenAI's action of shutting down Sora (which the meme creator calls 'AI slop', a dismissive term for low-quality AI content), then uses an image of cheering characters from Squid Game to show how 'everyone else' is excitedly celebrating the shutdown, implying that many people are unhappy with unregulated low-quality AI generated content.

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This meme originated from Reddit as a user-created meme with the original title 'Did we just win?'. The image used is a still of cheering contestants from the popular Netflix series Squid Game, repurposed to make this joke about AI development news.

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