We’re continuing to slowly expand Sora testing to more creatives (digital VFX pioneers, architects, choreographers, engineering artists, and creative entrepreneurs) to help us understand the model's capabilities and limitations, shaping the next phase of research to create increasingly safe AI systems over time. While access is still extremely limited while safety testing is underway, we wanted to celebrate these artists’ work with their reflections on how they use Sora in their process. (The underlying visuals were generated solely with Sora without any VFX, but artists added sound and edited using traditional filmmaking software.)

Tammy Lovin is a digital artist and creative director of Tammy Studio, specializing in 3D and emerging technology within XR and AI. “What I love most about Sora is that I feel like I am cocreating with it… It feels like teamwork, in the smoothest and most idealistic way possible. Not being on a solo journey has been pretty significant to me.” The experience has catalyzed new creative processes for her. “It feels a bit like magic to me, being able to actually show in video form what, until now, I was only picturing in my imagination. Ever since I was a kid, I kind of had these montages and surreal visuals about certain things I was seeing in reality, and I’d picture them differently. But since I didn’t become a producer or director, they never really came to life until now. So this is a dream come true.”