Friday Oct 10, 2025

068: Today in AI: Sora Beats ChatGPT Launch, Grok Removes Censorship, Consulting Must Become Software

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This video is from the ‘AI with Kyle News and Updates Live Stream’
First aired: 9 October 2025

Summary: Right, so Sora's had an absolutely massive launch. Actually bigger than ChatGPT's first week in terms of iOS downloads, which is mental considering you need an invite code to even use the thing. But it's sitting at a 2.9 rating on the App Store because OpenAI did what they always do. Let everyone run wild for a few days generating Pikachu getting barbecued and other mad stuff, then slammed the guardrails on once they'd hooked everyone in.

Naturally, Elon's spotted an opportunity and basically removed all censorship from Grok Imagine, we're talking full nudity, the works. Classic Elon move when he's not getting enough attention whilst OpenAI dominates the news cycle.

The other big story is consultancies having an absolute nightmare. Deloitte charged the Australian government $440k for a report that was riddled with AI errors and made-up footnotes, which for starters is embarrassing. Meanwhile, IBM's head of consulting is saying the entire industry needs to reinvent itself as software companies or they're done for. It's a fair point — why would anyone pay half a million quid for a consultancy to just chuck your brief into ChatGPT when you could do that yourself? The squeeze is real, and I reckon we're watching an entire industry try to work out what their value proposition actually is now that AI can do most of what they were charging eye-watering amounts for.

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—— Time Stamps ——

0:00 - Introduction
0:45 - Sora Launch Success
3:35 - Sora App Rating Drop & User Backlash
5:36 - Grok Removes Censorship to Compete
7:23 - ChatGPT Go Plan Expands to 16 Asian Countries
12:16 - Q&A: How to Access Sora Outside US/Canada
13:36 - Deloitte AI Report Scandal & Consulting Crisis
14:54 - IBM: Consultancies Must Become Software Companies
18:09 - Q&A: Accessing Sora in New Zealand
19:21 - George Miller Embraces AI in Filmmaking
22:48 - AI Makes Filmmaking More Accessible & Democratic
24:09 - Q&A: Getting Sora Invite Codes
24:34 - Q&A: How to Make Money with AI
29:24 - Q&A: Website Migration from Lovable to Vercel
30:18 - Recap
31:25 - Closing