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Don't count your chickens just yet: Sora is shutting down

This is a two-panel reaction meme that uses the popular Dean Norris dual expression template to comment on news of OpenAI's Sora AI video generator being shut down. The left panel shows a grinning, happy Dean Norris next to the announcement that 'Sora is shutting down', while the right panel shows a stern, frowning Norris that adds the ironic twist: 'Because other AI video generation tools have already outshined it'. The original title 'Don't count your chickens just yet' emphasizes the irony that Sora became obsolete before it could even be widely released, highlighting how fast AI development is moving.
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Sora is shutting down
Because other AI video generation tools have already outshined it

Overview

This is a two-panel reaction meme that uses the popular Dean Norris dual expression template to comment on news of OpenAI's Sora AI video generator being shut down. The left panel shows a grinning, happy Dean Norris next to the announcement that 'Sora is shutting down', while the right panel shows a stern, frowning Norris that adds the ironic twist: 'Because other AI video generation tools have already outshined it'. The original title 'Don't count your chickens just yet' emphasizes the irony that Sora became obsolete before it could even be widely released, highlighting how fast AI development is moving.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit as a user-created meme, originally titled 'Don't count your chickens just yet'. It is a remix of the well-known two-panel Dean Norris reaction meme template, created to comment on 2024 news regarding the shutdown of OpenAI's Sora AI video generation project. It has been circulated across social media as a humorous take on the rapid pace of AI innovation.

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