The podcast no one knew they needed. Just a couple of dogs sharing stories on a mountaintop. This looks like a sleep commercial for an SUV. Or here's a sweeping opening shot to an old-school Hollywood Western. All three are text-generated AI videos. New technology announced by the Microsoft-funded company, OpenAI, and just the latest way AI could rattle the world. It's called Sora. The company says the videos it's released are generated with a text prompt, like wooly mammoths, snow-capped mountains, wispy clouds, and there it is. It is not available to the public yet, but the company wants feedback to help test capabilities, according to a statement. Openai says safety is also a concern, testing Sora with experts and building tools to help identify misleading content.

This ship has it. We are never going to be able to know what's true, what's not. That is true, and we have to learn to deal with. For a lot of people, that's terrifying. But it's what's happening.

Like other forms of AI, the more advanced the technology gets, the more likely it could eliminate jobs. Hollywood is probably paying attention. For now, it's definitely not perfect.

But some of the videos are incredibly realistic. Both of these clips show Big Sur. One was shot on a camera, the other created by Sorra. Can you tell which is AI?

It's this one. Openai says it cannot predict all of the beneficial or harmful ways Sorra could be used, which means that just like the AI that's already out there, Sorra is both incredibly exciting and deeply unsettling. Stephanie Gosc, BBC News.

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