Has Sora Widened the AI Gap Between the US and China?

Will Sora change the world? Too early to tell.

Sora, OpenAI's latest text-to-video model, has been making waves in the tech industry. Many commentators are predicting that Sora will revolutionize the content industry and widen the Sino-US tech gap even further. There is someone who begs to differ.

In the following article, China's social media influencer Sisyphus Review (西西弗评论) argues that the importance of Sora has been blown out of proportion and is overshadowing the real battlefield in the China-US technological war: the semiconductor industry.

By Sisyphus Review (西西弗评论), 19 Feb 2024

"A company can't thrive indefinitely on technology alone, as technological advantages can only be maintained for a few years. Companies must seize the brief moments of technological leadership, transforming it into a monopoly of brand and ecosystem to dominate the market for decades."

Sora marks a remarkably striking and groundbreaking development for those keenly observing the AIGC (Artificial Intelligence Generated Content) sector. The technology be…