As much as I want it to be true that progress is stalling, I think Sora and Atlas and the rest are mostly signs that OpenAI is trying to become an everything app via both vertical and horizontal integration. These are just a few of the building blocks they would need, and the business case for targeting an everything app given their valuation seems strong (in that the only way the valuation is defensible is if it seems like they will eat multiple existing business sectors or create new business sectors as big as many existing ones).
As much as I want it to be true that progress is stalling, I think Sora and Atlas and the rest are mostly signs that OpenAI is trying to become an everything app via both vertical and horizontal integration. These are just a few of the building blocks they would need, and the business case for targeting an everything app given their valuation seems strong (in that the only way the valuation is defensible is if it seems like they will eat multiple existing business sectors or create new business sectors as big as many existing ones).