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OpenAI's Sora now sits at #71 in the US App Store and #108 on Play Store

https://spencerdailey.com/2026/01/14/openais-sora-sits-at-71-in-the-us-app-store-and-100-on-play-store-what-just-happened/
11•spenvo•1h ago

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ryanSrich•1h ago
Like a lot of other apps that go viral, it's a novelty that wears off in a few weeks (if that). There's nothing that keeps people on the platform. How many goofy AI generated videos does someone actually want to make? 10? 20? After you've done that, what else is entertaining or amusing? Any _really_ good Sora videos are posted on TikTok or Reels anyway. There's nothing tying you to the platform.
endymion-light•59m ago
i think similiar to the metaverse, it shows an abstract decoupling between tech CEO's and reality. SORA is a platform that probably looked fantastic on a pitch deck - X amount of $ per AI video compared to Y amount of $ per human video, and you can generate 10 million more!

But focusing an app on the most low effort things is always going to limit it's reach

justapassenger•57m ago
Explicit AI slop isn’t very desirable. But tricking people into thinking that AI slop is real is, sadly, mostly desirable.

Sora fading may just reinforce that companies need to continue to focus on sneaking in AI slop manifesting as content to drive adoption.

4d4m•46m ago
Nailed it!
dfajgljsldkjag•26m ago
I guess the novelty finally wore off after everyone tried it out for a week. It is definitely cool technology, but I honestly do not see a reason for a normal person to use it every day.

AI Can't Touch These Skilled Trade Jobs. If Only Enough Humans Would Fill Them

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/ai-cant-touch-these-skilled-trade-jobs-if-only-enough-human...
1•thm•13s ago•0 comments

Native ZFS VDEV for Object Storage (OpenZFS Summit)

https://www.zettalane.com/blog/openzfs-summit-2025-mayanas-objbacker.html
1•suprasam•1m ago•0 comments

Global AI computing capacity is doubling every 7 months

https://epoch.ai/data-insights/ai-chip-production
1•gmays•2m ago•0 comments

Protobuf Has LSP Support

https://buf.build/blog/protobuf-lsp
1•g0xA52A2A•4m ago•0 comments

Almost 7 Signs That Your JavaScript Project Is Legacy

https://devops.com/almost-seven-signs-that-your-javascript-project-is-legacy/
1•ViktoriiaYarosh•6m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Connect Claude AI to iMessage/WhatsApp via Poke MCP

https://github.com/andrexibiza/claude-mcp-poke
1•andrexibiza•6m ago•0 comments

The convergence of AI and data streaming – Part 1: The coming brick walls

https://www.redpanda.com/blog/convergence-ai-data-streaming-part-1
1•PeterCorless•7m ago•0 comments

Fuzzing an eBPF Implementation in Rust

https://secret.club/2022/05/11/fuzzing-solana.html
1•fanf2•9m ago•0 comments

Anatomy of a great product update

https://personabox.app/blog/anatomy-of-a-product-update
1•mpc75•9m ago•0 comments

Jeff Bezos hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud

https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/jeff-bezos-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-be...
2•_____k•11m ago•0 comments

Why Google Gemini looks poised to win the AI race over OpenAI

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/861863/google-gemini-ai-race-winner
1•speckx•12m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Cloud Code – Launch coding agents via API

https://cloud-code-chi.vercel.app
1•thymathgeek•13m ago•0 comments

Architecture discovery in Riemannian neural fields

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/399760434_STRUCTURED_KNOWLEDGE_ACCUMULATION_GEODESIC_LEA...
1•quantiota•15m ago•1 comments

Navigating with Starlink-Signals in GPS-Denied Environments

https://xxtomcooperxx.substack.com/p/navigating-with-starlink-signals
1•jnsaff2•16m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Tabstack – Browser infrastructure for AI agents (by Mozilla)

3•MrTravisB•17m ago•0 comments

Running cheap and crappy USB hard drives in RAID0 is indeed a terrible idea

https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2026/01/14/raid0/
2•speckx•18m ago•0 comments

How to Use LLMs for Continuous, Creative Code Refactoring

https://thenewstack.io/how-to-use-llms-for-continuous-creative-code-refactoring/
1•rbanffy•18m ago•0 comments

Beijing tells Chinese firms to stop using US and Israeli cybersecurity software

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/exclusive-beijing-tells-chinese-firms-094036030.html
1•jmsflknr•19m ago•0 comments

How to avoid dynamic linking of Steam's client library using a old trick

https://nullonerror.org/2025/06/03/how-to-avoid-dynamic-linking-of-steam-s-client-library-using-a...
1•delduca•19m ago•0 comments

How to Stand Out When Every AI Product Promises the Same Magic

https://toolsfortech.substack.com/p/how-to-stand-out-when-every-ai-product
1•eh_tk•23m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A kids' math app without dark patterns

https://playlumi.app/
1•matheusml•23m ago•0 comments

Can AI Generate New Ideas?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/technology/ai-ideas-chat-gpt-openai.html
1•lateforwork•24m ago•0 comments

Molecular bio-researcher, lifespan elongation

1•vikmarec•25m ago•0 comments

Clone Wars: IBM Edition

https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/clone-wars-ibm-edition/
1•quantumfissure•25m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AI Vibe Coding Hackathon

https://vibe.devpost.com/
1•abdibrokhim•26m ago•0 comments

US approves sale of Nvidia's advanced AI chips to China

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4erx1n04lo
2•01-_-•27m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AlgoMommy – Organize video clips by talking while recording (macOS)

https://www.algomommy.com/show-hn.html
1•diarmuid_glynn•27m ago•0 comments

Technical Analysis of Starlink Terminal GPS Spoofing/Jamming Detection in Iran

https://github.com/narimangharib/starlink-iran-gps-spoofing/blob/main/starlink-iran.md
3•bazzmt•28m ago•0 comments

Making hypermadia-driven applications feel faster

https://postomator.com/updates/making-hypermedia-driven-applications-faster/
2•eljs•29m ago•0 comments

Introduction to Formal Methods (Part 2): From Spec to Code

https://vikramsg.github.io/introduction-to-formal-methods-part-2/
1•whinvik•30m ago•0 comments