Sora API shuts down with no replacement, reigniting debate over open-sourcing retired model weights
shaunralston · x · 2026-09-25
The Sora API reached its shutdown date with OpenAI listing no replacement. @VraserX laments the loss and argues that once a company stops selling a model, it should release the weights so others can keep building.
Replying, shaunralston makes the strongest counterargument: irreversibility. Once weights are downloaded and guardrails stripped, a model can never be recalled — for major labs, retired frontier models are likely viewed as active liabilities rather than harmless artifacts, with competitive and societal risks outweighing the goodwill of giving them away.
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