{"id":3107013,"date":"2026-03-27T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?post_type=tc_video&#038;p=3107013"},"modified":"2026-03-27T08:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:51:16","slug":"openai-shuts-down-sora-while-meta-gets-shut-out-in-court","status":"publish","type":"tc_video","link":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/video\/openai-shuts-down-sora-while-meta-gets-shut-out-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI shuts down Sora while Meta gets shut out in court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div id='jwppp-video-box-31070131' class='jwppp-video-box' itemprop='video' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject' data-video='1' style=\"margin: 1rem 0;\">\n<meta itemprop='name' content='OpenAI shuts down Sora while Meta gets shut out in court | Equity Podcast'\/>\n<meta itemprop='description' content='When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman was offered $26 million from an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. 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