AI NewsOpenAI shuts down Sora while Meta gets shut out in court

OpenAI shuts down Sora while Meta gets shut out in court

9:27 PM IST · March 27, 2026

Loading the player… When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman wasoffered $26 millionfrom an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. Sure, that same company can try to rezone 2,000 acres nearby anyway, but as AI infrastructure stretches further into the real world, the real world is starting to push back. That tension is everywhere this week, fromOpenAI shutting down its Sora appto courts finally starting tohold social platforms like Meta accountable. On this episode of TechCrunch’sEquitypodcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dig into what it looks like when the AI hype cycle meets reality. Subscribe to Equity onYouTube,Apple Podcasts,Overcast,Spotifyand all the casts. You also can follow Equity onXandThreads, at @EquityPod.