News Summary

Sora, a new video-generating app by OpenAI, has experienced a remarkably successful launch week, surpassing the debut performance of ChatGPT in terms of iOS downloads. According to data from Appfigures, Sora achieved 627,000 downloads in its first week, slightly exceeding ChatGPT’s 606,000 downloads. The app quickly rose to the No. 1 position on the U.S. App Store, driven by its innovative video model that enables users to create realistic deepfakes. The app’s popularity is notable given that it remains invite-only. Sora’s launch has been compared to other major AI app debuts like Anthropic’s Claude, Microsoft’s Copilot, and xAI’s Grok. Despite being available in both the U.S. and Canada, with 45,000 downloads attributed to Canadian users, Sora’s performance is nearly on par with ChatGPT’s when considering U.S. numbers alone.