OpenAI's Sora decision is all about AI compute

Earlier this month, Fidji Simo laid out a sharper strategy for OpenAI: the startup's everything era is over. Now, it's about focus. "We cannot miss this moment because we are distracted by side quests," Simo said at an all-hands meeting, according to Business Insider's must-read profile of OpenAI's new CEO of applications.One of the first "side quests" to go is the Sora AI video-generation app. The product was a breakout hit when it launched last year. So why shut it down? The answer comes down to a growin ...