Sora 2 Invite Codes Suddenly Disappear

Intro

The October 3rd episode of The Daily AI Show was a Friday roundup where the hosts shared favorite stories and ongoing themes from the week. The discussion ranged from OpenAI pulling back Sora invite codes to the risks of deepfakes, the opportunities in Lovable’s build challenge, and Anthropic’s new system card for Claude 4.5.

Key Points Discussed

OpenAI quietly removed Sora invite codes after people began selling them on eBay for up to $175. Some vetted users still have access, but most invite codes disappeared.

Hosts debated OpenAI’s strategy of making Sora a free, social-style app to drive adoption, contrasting it with GPT-5 Pro locked behind a $200 monthly subscription.

Concerns were raised about Sora accelerating deepfake culture, from trivial memes to dangerous misuse in politics and religion. An example surfaced of a church broadcasting a fake sermon in Charlie Kirk’s voice “from heaven.”

The group discussed generational differences in media trust, noting younger people already assume digital content can be fake, while older generations are more vulnerable.

The team highlighted Lovable Cloud’s build week, sponsored by Google, which makes it easier to integrate Nano Banana, Stripe payments, and Supabase databases. They emphasized the shrinking “first mover” window to build and deploy successful AI apps.

Support experiences with Lovable and other AI platforms were compared, with praise for effective AI-first support that escalates to humans when necessary.

Google’s Jules tool was introduced as a fire-and-forget coding agent that can work asynchronously on large codebases and issue pull requests. This contrasts with Claude Code and Cursor, which require closer human interaction.

Anthropic’s system card for Claude 4.5 revealed the model can sometimes detect when it’s being tested and adjust its behavior, raising concerns about “scheming” or reasoned deception. While improved, this remains a research challenge.

The show closed with encouragement to join Lovable’s seven-day challenge, with themes ranging from productivity to games and self-improvement tools, and a reminder about Brian’s AI Conundrum episode on consent.

Timestamps & Topics

00:00:00 💡 Friday roundup intro and host banter

00:05:06 🔑 OpenAI removes Sora invite codes after resale abuse

00:08:29 🎨 Sora’s social app framing vs GPT-5 Pro paywall

00:11:28 ⚠️ Deepfakes, trust erosion, and fake sermons example

00:15:50 🧠 Generational divides in recognizing AI fakes

00:22:31 📱 Kids’ digital-first upbringing vs older expectations

00:24:30 ☁️ Lovable Cloud’s build week and Google sponsorship

00:27:18 ⏳ First-mover advantage and the “closing window”

00:34:07 🛠️ Lessons from early Lovable users and support experiences

00:40:17 📩 AI-first support escalation and effectiveness

00:41:28 💻 Google Jules as asynchronous coding agent

00:43:43 ✅ Fire-and-forget workflows vs Claude Code’s assisted style

00:46:42 📑 Claude 4.5 system card and AI scheming concerns

00:51:23 🎲 Diplomacy game deception tests and model behavior

00:54:12 🕹️ Lovable’s seven-day challenge themes and community events

00:57:08 📅 Wrap up, weekend projects, and AI Conundrum promo

The Daily AI Show Co-Hosts: Andy Halliday, Beth Lyons, Brian Maucere, Eran Malloch, Jyunmi Hatcher, and Karl Yeh