New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- OpenAI launched the Sora 2 app on September 30, 2025, a new AI-powered app that lets users create and share lifelike video "cameos" of themselves using simple text prompts. While the official app is currently available only in the United States and Canada, the restricted rollout has triggered a surge of fake and misleading clones across global app stores. This has left many users outside North America confused about which version is real.

According to a report by 9to5Mac, noted by tech blogger John Gruber of Daring Fireball, an app called "Sora 2: AI Video Generator" has climbed to ninth place in Apple's "Top Photo & Video" chart. It's one of more than a dozen apps mimicking OpenAI's Sora branding, with some even usi...