I got access to Sora 2 today and have been playing around a bunch. Initial thoughts: 1. The Cameo feature is amazing and super fun — really good character consistency. Not quite nano banana level, but maybe 80% of the way there. 2. Most videos I’ve seen aren’t actually engaging (yet). TikToks and Reels are much more engaging because they’re longer, better edited, and way more polished. Plus there’s not a ton of content there on Sora yet for the algo to feed you from. 3. Production-grade editing (good cuts, subtitles, hooks, etc) is a key missing ingredient currently. I suspect OpenAI will release really good editing tools in the Sora app itself within a few weeks / months. 4. There are extremely strict guardrails around generations — more than half my generations got blocked for no clear reason and it’s pretty frustrating. There are a lot of people complaining on Sora itself about it too. 5. OpenAI really knows how to productize. This actually feels like it's likely to become a mass consumer app if they feed creators with the tools to make the content more engaging. The creation is so easy and good, it’s addictive to play with. 6. Can't wait for the API(Shiv)