PANews reported on March 25th that, according to Jiemian News, OpenAI plans to discontinue its Sora standalone app, six months after its high-profile launch, to streamline its AI product line. The company launched the Sora app in late September last year, promising users easier access to and sharing of realistic AI videos on quasi-social networks. The free app quickly topped the Apple App Store charts, but its ranking has since declined. In addition to shutting down the standalone app, OpenAI will also disable Sora's application programming interface (API) for developers.