As of last week, OpenAI is now worth $157 billion - yet below the hood is a far darker story. In this episode, Ed Zitron explains the cold, hard truth - that OpenAI is a terrible business that burns billions of dollars, and its failure to scale its cloud business tells a dark tale about the wider generative AI industry.
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As of last week, OpenAI is now worth $157 billion - yet below the hood is a far darker story. In this episode, Ed Zitron explains the cold, hard truth - that OpenAI is a terrible business that burns billions of dollars, and its failure to scale its cloud business tells a dark tale about the wider generative AI industry.
Smaller businesses are the ones who should be watching with a very jaundiced eye that being foisted on them by huge businesses. The huge businesses, you see, are there basically to screw them over and take their stuff.
Smaller businesses should be focused on sustainable income and growth, not the latest in wild tech claims. If they’re the latter? They’re the lame gazelle in the herd being hunted by lions.
“Play stupid games, win stupid prizes” seems to apply here.
I think smaller businesses and the true believers are victims of OpenAI and its ilk, and don’t necessarily deserve the fallout.
Smaller businesses are the ones who should be watching with a very jaundiced eye that being foisted on them by huge businesses. The huge businesses, you see, are there basically to screw them over and take their stuff.
Smaller businesses should be focused on sustainable income and growth, not the latest in wild tech claims. If they’re the latter? They’re the lame gazelle in the herd being hunted by lions.