A duet of the two of you
The left photo raps at the single mic, the right one hypes: 6 credits for 12 seconds.
Checked October 2026
Can ChatGPT Make Videos?
Can ChatGPT make videos? Not by itself in October 2026: it writes and creates still pictures, and OpenAI shut its Sora video app earlier this year. Let ChatGPT brainstorm the idea, then bring two photos here for a video of you and a friend.
- A dated, direct answer
- Video from your photos
- Your idea, as a rap
- Credits listed on the button
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Your two faces
A single face per picture. Left leads, right backs up.
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Set
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Take and sound
Price: 6 credits. Done in roughly 5 to 15 min; if it fails, the credits come back. See prices
Quick answer
Can ChatGPT make videos? In October 2026, no: it produces text and still images but no video clips. OpenAI shut the Sora app and website on April 26, 2026, and turned off the Sora API on September 24, 2026. On a paid Google AI plan, the Gemini app makes short videos from photos. For a clip of you and a friend, let ChatGPT shape the idea and make the video on Hotel Lobby Video: add a photo of each person, and the Hotel Lobby rap video is 6 credits for 12 seconds on Wan 3.0, ready in about 5 to 15 minutes. An AI rap on a topic ChatGPT helps you phrase is 10 credits at 720p, and a one-photo effect is 4.
Last revised
In short
Can ChatGPT make videos right now?
ChatGPT writes, plans, and generates or edits still pictures, but OpenAI’s own models inside it do not output video. Sora, the company’s video model, lived in a separate app and website where people could also cast themselves in scenes. Both closed on April 26, 2026, and the Sora API followed on September 24, 2026.
Can ChatGPT make videos with plugins?
OpenAI lists third-party plugins, invideo among them, that produce videos from inside ChatGPT on its work plans and in Codex. Access depends on your plan, workspace and region, and the clip comes from that company’s product rather than an OpenAI model.
Three moves
Let ChatGPT plan it, then make the video here
Instruction diagram 01Get one line from ChatGPT
For an AI rap you need one sentence, 120 characters at most, naming both people and one true detail.
Instruction diagram 02Upload the two photos
One per person or one of both. For your own topic, tap Change on the sound row, then Switch to Seedance 2.0 Mini, and paste the line in the topic box under AI rap; or open the AI rap generator page, which starts there.
Instruction diagram 03Create and save
Choose 9:16 for TikTok and Reels. The cost is on the button, and failed takes are refunded.
What you can make
Videos you can make here instead
ChatGPT’s idea, rapped
The AI turns your sentence into a fresh verse and beat: 10 credits at 720p.
Single-photo effects
One photo becomes a short scene, from an Earth zoom out to a hug: 4 credits.
Browser only
Works in a phone browser, no install, and hands you an MP4.
ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Hotel Lobby Video for video
| October 2026 | ChatGPT | Gemini app | Hotel Lobby Video |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outputs a video clip | No, text and still images | Yes, 10-second videos with Gemini Omni | Yes, rap videos and effects |
| Starts from your photos | No | Yes, up to 5 photos | Yes, one photo or two |
| Puts your face in it | No; OpenAI’s video app shut in April 2026 | Your own avatar, account owner only; not in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK | Yes, faces from your photos |
| Requirements | Not applicable | A Google AI plan, 18 or over | Credits; smallest pack 10 credits for $9.99 |
The ChatGPT and Gemini columns only restate what OpenAI and Google publish themselves. Google says Gemini Omni will take over from Veo in the Gemini app, and features differ by plan and country, so check before paying.
Where ChatGPT helps before the video
- Choosing a format: ask whether a rap duet, a hug or a trend clip suits you and a friend.
- Finding the angle: a birthday roast, a camping trip gone wrong, friends since kindergarten.
- Polishing the line. Try asking for “one clean, funny sentence under 120 characters about Ama and Rui’s camping trip where the tent blew into the lake, with both names.”
The AI rap writes its own verse from that sentence, in the sentence’s language, so a full set of ChatGPT lyrics is not performed word for word. For exact words, record them and upload 2 to 15 seconds as Your song, and the front voice lip-syncs to you (how that works).
Limits of Hotel Lobby Video
- No text-only videos. Every take starts from your photos.
- No solo rap. Rap takes always have two performers; one photo works on the Effects tab.
- No captions or lyric sheet. Add captions later in TikTok, Instagram or CapCut.
- No strangers or public figures. Only people who agreed to appear.
Our own takes
Hotel Lobby Video test renders
Two sample renders, with model, length and source shown under each. They demonstrate the workflow, not a promise about how often a take succeeds.
Made by us
Wan 3.0 · 480p · 10 s · 16:9
- Pipeline test render, made outside the public website.
- Sound: the Hotel Lobby song.
- Compressed 854 × 480 copy for the web. The settings listed refer to the full-size take.
Made by us
Wan 3.0 · 720p · 12 s · 16:9
- Owner test-account render from Oct 3, 2026 on an earlier site version.
- Sound: the Hotel Lobby song.
- Compressed 854 × 480 copy for the web. The settings listed refer to the full-size take.
Around the web
Hotel Lobby Clips by Other Creators
These clips show the format. Other people made them with other tools, and each one is credited and linked to its post. They are not output from Hotel Lobby Video.
Can ChatGPT make videos today?
Not in October 2026. It can draft a script or lyrics and produce still pictures, but no video. OpenAI’s video app and video API have both shut down.
Is video coming back to ChatGPT?
Nobody outside OpenAI knows. In September 2026 its support team told a user asking about video in ChatGPT that there was no timeline to share.
If I upload a photo, can ChatGPT animate it?
No. A photo gets you a new still image or ideas, not motion. On Hotel Lobby Video one photo makes an effect and two make a rap video.
I used to make Sora videos of myself. What can I use now?
The Sora app closed on April 26, 2026. Here you add a clear photo of yourself, plus a friend’s for the rap video, and you appear in the clip.
When exactly did Sora shut down?
OpenAI ended the Sora web and app on April 26, 2026, and removed its video models and the Videos API from the API on September 24, 2026.
Does Gemini turn photos into videos?
Yes, on a paid Google AI plan for users 18 and over. Google’s help page allows up to 5 images per video, and only images you have the rights to.
Can I paste a full song ChatGPT wrote?
Not as lyrics. The topic box takes a single line, 120 characters at most, and the AI writes its own verse. To use exact words, record them and upload as Your song.
What is the quickest way to a video of me and my friend from two phone photos, without an app?
Open this page in your phone browser, add a photo of each of you or one of both, and tap Create video: 6 credits for 12 seconds. Switch to Seedance 2.0 Mini for an AI rap on your own topic.
Do I have to pay?
Yes. Credits come off when you press create, never later. The cheapest top-up is 10 credits for $9.99, and if a take fails the credits go straight back to your balance.
Idea to clip
Make the video ChatGPT won’t
Two photos and, if you want, a line from ChatGPT. The credit cost shows before you commit.