OpenAI's Sora 2 Generates 5-Minute Videos
OpenAI has launched Sora 2, a video generation model capable of producing coherent 5-minute videos at 1080p resolution. The model maintains character consistency, realistic physics, and narrative coherence across extended sequences.
OpenAI has released Sora 2, a dramatically improved version of its video generation model that can produce coherent videos up to 5 minutes long — a 15x increase over the original Sora's 20-second limit. The model generates 1080p video at 30fps with unprecedented temporal consistency, maintaining characters, settings, and physics throughout extended sequences.
Sora 2 introduces a "storyboard" input mode where creators can specify scene-by-scene descriptions, camera angles, and transitions, giving them director-level control over the generated content. The model understands cinematic language, correctly interpreting instructions like "crane shot rising to reveal the city skyline" or "match cut from the coffee cup to the moon."
The quality of generated video has reached a level that has prompted serious discussion in the film and advertising industries. Several major advertising agencies have already begun using Sora 2 for concept visualization and B-roll generation, with some early adopters reporting 80% reductions in pre-production costs for certain types of content.
OpenAI has implemented C2PA content credentials in all Sora 2 outputs, providing cryptographic provenance that identifies the content as AI-generated. The company also maintains a usage policy that prohibits generating videos of real people without their consent, deepfake content, and material that could be used for misinformation.
Sora 2 is available to ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers, with Pro users getting priority access and higher resolution output. API access for developers is available in a limited preview program, with general API availability planned for Q2 2026. Pricing for the API starts at $0.10 per second of generated video.
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