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OpenAI Shutting Down Sora "We Won, Mr. Stark" Meme

This is a political meme that repurposes the iconic post-battle scene from *Spider-Man: No Way Home* where a damaged Peter Parker says "We won, Mr. Stark" to Tony Stark. The top text of the meme announces the news: "OpenAI is shutting down Sora the video generating app", and the iconic movie line is reused to frame this shutdown as a victory for people who oppose the spread of low-quality AI generated content (commonly called "AI slop"), expressing celebration from critics of mass AI content generation.
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We won, Mr. Stark

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OpenAI is shutting down Sora the video generating app

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This is a political meme that repurposes the iconic post-battle scene from Spider-Man: No Way Home where a damaged Peter Parker says "We won, Mr. Stark" to Tony Stark. The top text of the meme announces the news: "OpenAI is shutting down Sora the video generating app", and the iconic movie line is reused to frame this shutdown as a victory for people who oppose the spread of low-quality AI generated content (commonly called "AI slop"), expressing celebration from critics of mass AI content generation.

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This meme originates from Reddit, as noted by the original title, and was created in response to rumors and reports about OpenAI winding down its Sora AI video generation tool. It repurposes a famous scene from the 2021 Marvel film Spider-Man: No Way Home as a meme template to comment on public backlash against AI slop.

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