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April 18, 2026
OpenAI’s former Sora boss is leaving
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TL;DR
- Bill Peebles, head of OpenAI's Sora, is leaving the company.
- Kevin Weil, VP of AI for Science, is also departing.
- OpenAI has reportedly given up on its Sora video generation tool.
- The company is shifting priorities to focus on coding and enterprise use, moving away from 'side quests'.
- Peebles expressed gratitude for the research environment that allowed for 'off-the-beaten path' ideas.
- Weil's research group is being decentralized into other teams.
- OpenAI's research project Prism, led by Weil, is being sunsetted and its capabilities will be integrated into the Codex desktop app.
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