You'll Need an Invite Code to Use OpenAI's New Sora App. Here's How to Get One

Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content we consume on social media and affecting the people behind the screens. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in media and journalism. You can reach her at kchedraoui@cnet.com.

The maker of the popular chatbot ChatGPT decided to try its hand at social media. OpenAI announced this week that it has built a new social media platform named after its video generation tool, Sora. The app is now available for iPhone users, but you can't just download it and start churning out AI videos. 

Sora isn't like other social media apps. It's built for real humans but full of AI-generated ...