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EPISODE · Mar 31, 2026 · 5 MIN

OpenAI Kills Sora + Amazon's $50B Bet

from The AI Why with Liam Lawson · host Liam Lawson

This week on AI News in 5: OpenAI kills Sora just six months after launch — blindsiding Disney and losing a billion-dollar deal. Amazon drops $50 billion on OpenAI, putting Microsoft on the warpath. Apple dumps OpenAI and partners with Google to rebuild Siri. OpenClaw becomes the fastest-growing open-source project in history. And a hacker infects a popular AI tool downloaded 3.4 million times a day. Subscribe to our free newsletter — https://www.theaireport.ai/subscribe AI training for your team — https://www.upscaile.com/ Connect with Liam — https://www.linkedin.com/in/not-the-f1-driver-liam-lawson/ Get free AI resources: https://community.theaireport.ai/checkout/the-ai-report-welcome-gift?coupon_code=WRTH About The AI Why with Liam Lawson: The AI Why breaks down what's actually happening in AI — who's building it, how it's being implemented at scale, and why the people building it do what they do. New episodes every Tuesday (AI News in 5) and Thursday (founder and exec interviews). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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