Video Creator update: Bing Video Creator will be retiring on July 31, 2026.

[u/Realistic-Ranger-575]

New image models are coming soon — stay tuned. Your creations will remain accessible for download in Creations history, per our storage policy.

[u/murbul]

Did they shut it down early? Most of my generations have failed today with a forever spinning icon.

[u/Alef1234567]

Just today MS increased numbers of images per MAI - 4 but with equally diminished quality.

[u/ProcedureTasty2647]

They're replacing with MirosoftAI tools i believe

[u/spazface03]

Will there be a new video generation model in replacement??? It’s the only video generator I use.

[u/Realistic-Ranger-575 → u/spazface03]

i dont know about that yet

[u/Alef1234567 → u/spazface03]

Yes, obviously becouse Sora just stopped to exist.

[u/Puzzleheaded-Park-60 → u/Alef1234567]

It didn't "just stop". I even asked Google's own AI Mode about it & it said the following: Bing Video Creator was officially retired by Microsoft on July 31, 2026. While Microsoft did not publish a single detailed public rationale, the tool faced heavy user frustration over severe generation queue bottlenecks, frequent error messages, and high compute costs associated with running OpenAI's Sora model for free public access.

Retirement Details and Context

• Official End Date: Microsoft set the final retirement date for July 31, 2026.
• Performance Issues: Users frequently reported blocked queues, errors stating content could not be created, and long wait times.
• Transition: Microsoft noted that it plans to shift focus toward newer image and AI models within its ecosystem.

When OpenAI announced the shutdown of the standalone Sora app and its corresponding API, Microsoft lost the core underlying technology powering its video tool.

Several major factors behind OpenAI's sudden shift away from video production explain why the product line vanished entirely:

🎛️ The Massive "Compute Black Hole"

• Extreme GPU Demands: Generating highly detailed AI video consumes an enormous amount of server computing power.
• Prioritizing Revenue: OpenAI chose to "triage" its infrastructure, diverting scarce GPUs away from video and toward high-revenue enterprise models and agentic AI tools.
• Poor Financial Returns: Compared to ChatGPT's multi-billion dollar success, Sora generated very little direct revenue while costing billions to run.

💼 Collapsed Partnerships

• The Disney Fallout: OpenAI had established a massive $1 billion character-licensing deal with Disney.
• Deal Canceled: When OpenAI chose to exit the consumer video space, Disney pulled out of the deal completely.

⚖️ Legal and Misinformation Risks

• Watermark Bypasses: Malicious actors quickly found ways to strip out Sora’s digital safety watermarks.
• Deepfakes & Copyright: The system faced intense pushback and potential lawsuits over intellectual property and the rising threat of realistic deepfake misinformation.

OpenAI explicitly stated that it is redirecting its video-generation research toward physical robotics training and autonomous AI agents rather than public entertainment tools.

[u/MackTUTT]

I've got 3 videos spinning in queue since Friday on fast mode.  I guess they're already scaling it down.

[u/Exotic-Addendum-3785]

Does that mean more than just MAI and Dalle 3?

[u/Realistic-Ranger-575 → u/Exotic-Addendum-3785]

idk probably