OpenAI’s Sora2 Tease Sparks Crypto Twitter Frenzy

OpenAI released a video featuring CEO Sam Altman and Jony Ive discussing a potential merger between Ive’s hardware startup Io and the AI lab. The video, set in a San Francisco café, quickly became the subject of intense scrutiny, with crypto Twitter speculating whether the footage was AI-generated.

Within hours, the hashtag #Sora2 trended, outpacing most memecoin discussions. Altman’s $6.4 billion equity deal to acquire Io under OpenAI’s umbrella was overshadowed by debates over the authenticity of the video’s details, such as the latte foam and camera movements. One viewer claimed the camera shift at 1:10 was ’impossible’ with current technology.

The crypto community’s reaction was swift, spawning thousands of memecoins and forensic analysis threads. The incident highlights the growing intersection of AI and crypto, where speculation often outpaces substance.