Sora's first public creation? A flood of expensive, fake clones of itself on the App Store.

Hey everyone,

It's both fascinating and infuriating. Sora, OpenAI's text-to-video model that we've only seen in cherry-picked demos, isn't even available to the public yet. But that hasn't stopped a wave of scammy "Sora" apps from flooding Apple's App Store, as highlighted in this article from The Rundown.

These apps are cynically using Sora's name and branding to trick people into signing up for expensive weekly subscriptions, often after a short "free trial." Of course, they don't actually generate video – they're just empty shells designed to cash in on the hype before the real thing even arrives.

We saw the exact same playbook when GPT-4 was announced. It feels like a predictable, frustrating cycle now:

1. A groundbreaking AI model is announced.
2. Scammers immediately flood app stores with fake, subscription-based clones.
3. App stores fail to moderate them effectively, letting them climb the charts.

It really makes you question the effectiveness of the App Store's walled garden and review process when it comes to reacting to the pace of AI.

What do you all think?

• Have you run into any of these fake Sora apps yourself?
• Who bears more responsibility here: the scammers, or the platforms (like Apple) that approve and host them?
• Is this just the new normal we have to get used to with every major AI launch?

Here's the article for more details:https://tech.therundown.ai/p/sora-clones-flood-app-store