SMRTR TechJul 27, 2026The Next Web

Sam Altman deleted TikTok because he could not stop scrolling. OpenAI killed Sora for the same reason.

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Sam Altman admitted he got hooked on TikTok while researching it for Sora, eventually spending three hours on it one Saturday before deleting the app. OpenAI later shut down Sora in March 2026 due to high computing costs. Altman now wants OpenAI's upcoming Jony Ive device to do the opposite — respect users' time.

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