Sora AI: Anticipation Deferred

Is Sora AI Available To Public?

Sora AI is a text to video generation tool. It has got a widespread attention with its claim of generating ultra realistic videos. Many glimpses can be seen on its official website like cycling dolphins, interstellar hamsters etc. The main question to ask is when will Sora be available for public usage?

Open AI has not yet announced the official launch date. The organization is taking keen measures on the usage of Sora by extensive testing with select group of developers. The main aim of this is to avoid misusage of Sora like creating deep fakes, spreading misinformation etc. The organization has not yet announced whether it will be free or be used on subscription basis like ChatGPT.

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Who Gets To Use Sora AI?

Open AI has allowed the usage of Sora to only limited set of people like red teamers and select content creators.

Red Teamers: Their work is to find the vulnerabilities of AI technologies. They work on making Sora safe and secure to public usage by identifying potential risks and rectifying them.

Select Content Creators: These are a selective set of people like VFX designers, visual artists, filmmakers who are testing Sora to find its true potential of creativity. Reviews from them will help Sora to refine for artistic and creative applications.

While Sora AI’s launch date is under wraps lets try to find out who are the competitors out there for Sora. This article will help you get the insights on alternatives to Sora AI and their capabilities.

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Top competitors of Sora AI:

1. Runway-Gen-2

2. Lumiere

3. Make-a-Video

4. Kaiber AI

5. Lumen 5

There are several small competitors like Pictory, Invideo, Kapwing, Synthesia, Hygen, Steve AI, Elai etc.

Lets deep dive into the world of generative AI

Runway-Gen-2:

Credits: Runway-Gen-2

1. Runway-Gen-2 is the highest alternative to Sora. It also works on the same principles and convert text to video, video to video
2. They are offering Basic, Standard, Pro, Unlimited
3. Offering of Runway Basic plan is free to everyone with 125 credits, Gen-2 text to video up to 16 seconds via extend video
4. Prices of Standard, Pro and Unlimited are $12, $28 and $76  per month respectively
5. They are also offering 20% discount on annual plans

Lumiere:

Credits: Lumiere

1. Lumiere is another efficient tool announced by Google. This is an extension to Pytorch deep learning Python framework.
2. They offerings include text to video, image to video, stylized generation, video stylization, cinemagraphs and inpainting
3. Pricing of Lumiere include Demo, Starter and Pro. Demo is free with 20 credits per day. Starter and Pro are $11.99 and $24.99 per month respectively

Make-a-Video:

Credits: Make-a-Video

1. Make-a-Video is state of art video generation AI system which converts text to video
2. It creates surreal, realistic and stylized videos
3. It can add extra activity to your video from static to magic
4. Its target audience are creators and researchers

Kaiber AI:

Credits: Kaiber AI, 91 mobiles

1. Kaiber AI provides 4 minutes if free video in basic plan
2. It is suitable for creating short animated videos
3. Login with your Gmail account and start generating video with prompts
4. Use the templates mentioned in the website and check out
5. Pro plan starts at $15 per month

Lumen 5:

Credits: Lumen 5, 91 mobiles

1. Lumen 5 provides 5 videos per month under its free tier
2. Video length is 1 minute
3. It can also generate quick presentations with AI voice over
4. The paid tier starts from $29 per month per user

Comparison Of Generative AI like Sora:

Model/Platform	Developer/Company	Platform Availability	Target Audience	Key Features
Runway Gen-2	Runway	Web, Mobile	Broad (General use)	High-quality text-to-video AI, user-friendly
Lumiere	Google	PyTorch Extension	Developers, Researchers	Sophisticated text-to-video generation
Make-a-Video	Meta	PyTorch Extension	Creators, Researchers	High-definition video generation from text prompts
Pictory	Pictory	Web	Content Marketers, Educators	Easy to make text to video conversion for engaging narratives
Kapwing	Kapwing	Web	Social Media Marketers, Casual Creators	video creation platform from text prompts
Synthesia	Synthesia	Web	Businesses, Educators	AI-powered avatar-led video presentations from text
HeyGen	HeyGen	Web	Marketers, Educators	This video generation is very useful in sales and marketing.
Steve AI	Steve AI	Web	Businesses, individuals	Create videos and animations from text prompts
Elai	Elai	Web	E-learning, Corporate Training	Coverts instructional prompts  into videos

 

Conclusion:

Sora AI to live up to what it is claiming to generate Ultra realistic videos, has to face humongous competition in the market. It appears that Open AI is taking enough precautions and measures to endure this competition and capture market leader position. But if anyone has to look for alternatives other than Sora, there are plenty of options through which your task can be done. AI can be in infancy and limited to few sectors as of now but it has huge potential to grow.

FAQs:

What is Open AI’s Sora?

It is a AI platform used to create video through text prompts. It can also take input as image and generate videos

Will Sora AI replace humans?

As of now, it is no way near to replacing humans. But, it has huge potential to grow by refining and redefining its objectives

What are the alternatives of Sora AI?

There are many alternatives which can do the work similar to Sora AI. Such as RunwayML Gen-1, Gen-2, Kaiber AI, Make a Video from Meta etc