Sora 2

Sora 2 is OpenAI's flagship video and audio generation model, released in late 2025. It creates video from text and images with significantly improved physics, controllability, and stylistic range, and can generate synchronized dialogue and sound effects. The model represents a major step in making AI-generated video feel physically plausible and narratively coherent.

OpenAI positions Sora 2 as a general-purpose video-audio system: you describe what you want, and the model produces both picture and sound in one go. It is available via sora.com, a standalone iOS app, and the OpenAI API (with sora-2 for faster iteration and sora-2-pro for higher quality).

Sora 2 is built for creators and studios who care about physical accuracy, multi-shot consistency, and integrated audio. Whether you are generating a product demo, a narrative short, or a social clip, the model is designed to follow complex instructions and maintain a consistent world across cuts and scenes.

Sora 2 models complex motion and physics more accurately than earlier systems. It handles buoyancy, rigidity, and failure in a believable way—for example, a missed shot bouncing off a backboard instead of magically going in—which makes action and sports content feel more natural. The model has been trained to respect the laws of physics and to depict failure and recovery in a coherent way, reducing the 'uncanny' or impossible motion that plagued earlier AI video.

The model follows detailed, multi-shot instructions and maintains consistent world state across cuts. It supports realistic, cinematic, and anime styles with expanded steerability so you can dial in the look and narrative you want. You can specify camera moves, character actions, and scene transitions in natural language and get output that adheres to your creative direction.

Sora 2 generates dialogue and sound effects in sync with the video, acting as a full video-audio system. You get coherent speech and background soundscapes without a separate audio pipeline. For talking-head or dialogue-heavy content, this can reduce or eliminate the need for post-production dubbing or Foley.

You can upload reference videos to place real people or objects into Sora-generated scenes. The model can reproduce appearance and voice for humans, animals, and objects, enabling hybrid real-AI content. OpenAI applies safeguards around photorealistic person uploads and content moderation, so availability may vary by region and use case.

OpenAI has implemented safeguards around Sora 2, including restrictions on photorealistic person uploads and strict content moderation, especially regarding minors. When using Sora 2 through any API or product, you are subject to OpenAI's usage policies and content guidelines. Ensure your prompts and reference content comply with those policies to avoid failed generations or account issues.