OpenAI gives artists access to Sora for New York gallery exhibit [Video]

OpenAI announced Friday a New York City art gallery collaboration that gives artists access to unreleased artificial intelligence tools.

The exhibit, a series called “Strada Nuova: New Road” on view at Strada Gallery will run for three weeks and centers on a “diverse group of artists [that] is curated to consist of brilliant researchers, academics, and creators working between physical and digital artwork,” according to Strada founder Paul Hill.

Hill told CNBC he reached out to OpenAI to suggest the project. Talks began about six months ago and the plan came together with OpenAI offering artists access to tools including its Sora video generator, its Voice Engine voice generator, its DALL-E 3 image generator and ChatGPT, its viral chatbot, as well as educational resources and artist stipends.

Minne Atairu, an interdisciplinary artist who has specialized in using AI in art for the past four years — before ChatGPT even launched — uses image generation, both …