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OpenAI’s Sora is dead, but ByteDance has already filled the void

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Mar 26, 2026

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On Tuesday, OpenAI rug-pulled its AI video creation tool, Sora — but it didn’t feel like a loss. If anything, it felt like a small win for AI-free creativity. However, that didn’t last long, with TikTok owner ByteDance announcing the global rollout of its Seedance 2.0 video creation tool, making its CapCut AI video generation app the first platform to jump on board.

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