AI For Humans: Weekly AI News, Tools & Trends OpenAI's Path to AGI: Kill Sora, Launch a Potato
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Mar 27, 2026 OpenAI shutters Sora and cancels several consumer projects while betting on a new frontier model called Spud. Google rolls out Gemini 3.1 Flash Live and Lyra3 Pro for richer audio and music generation. Mistral releases an open-source voice model and Runway demos multi-shot video. Meta unveils TRIBE v2 brain-prediction research and a fully autonomous ping-pong robot called SMASH.
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OpenAI Refocusing Toward Enterprise And AGI
- OpenAI is slimming focus and reprioritizing toward enterprise and AGI rather than consumer features like 'spicy chat'.
- Canceling Citrus Mode/Spicy Chat signals a pivot to corporate customers and stricter content guardrails.
Migrate Quickly If You Built On Sora
- If your product depended on OpenAI's Sora video API, prepare to migrate because the API and Disney deal were canceled.
- Consider alternatives like CapCut, ByteDance's models, or other video providers that own large content platforms.
Spud Is OpenAI's Big Bet To Regain Momentum
- OpenAI plans a new frontier model called Spud with a rapid timeline that Sam Altman says could accelerate the economy.
- The company views Spud as a PR and product salvo to regain momentum against competitors like Anthropic.