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I think Google is taking a couple digs at OpenAI about Sora.

OpenAI gave up on Sora last week, but in a post about Google’s new “cost efficient” Veo 3.1 Lite AI video model, DeepMind staffer Logan Kilpatrick says that “video’s here to stay.” And in a blog post about the model, the authors discuss Google’s “commitment to making video generation more available to developers.”

Why OpenAI killed Sora

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Why OpenAI Really Shut Down Sora

OpenAI's decision last week to shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months after releasing it to the public raised immediate suspicions. The app had invited users to upload their own faces — so was this some kind of elaborate data grab?

Sora’s shutdown could be a reality check moment for AI video

Is this just normal corporate strategy, or are we about to see a broader pullback on AI-generated video?