Sora is now available on Android in the US, Canada, and other regions (techcrunch.com)

OpenAI’s AI video generator Sora has launched on Android in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, expanding availability beyond its September iOS debut that reached over 1 million downloads in a week. The Android app preserves core capabilities — notably “Cameos,” which generates short videos using a user’s likeness, and a TikTok‑style discovery feed — positioning Sora as a contender in short‑form, AI‑generated video alongside Meta’s Vibes, TikTok and Instagram. Broader distribution is likely to accelerate adoption and content volume, offering a larger real‑world testbed for generative video UX, scalability and moderation systems. The rollout also highlights key technical and policy tensions for the AI/ML community: misuse risks (Sora paused generation of videos depicting Martin Luther King Jr. and tightened guardrails after disrespectful uploads), IP concerns (shifted from an “opt‑out” to an “opt‑in” policy for copyrighted characters), and an active trademark/legal dispute with Cameo over the feature name. OpenAI plans incremental features — character cameos (pets/objects), basic clip‑stitching editing, and more curated feeds — which will stress test content‑safety models, rights‑management workflows, and personalization algorithms as generative video moves into mainstream mobile social use.