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Better Offline

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Why OpenAI Is A Terrible Business

OCT 9, 202446 MIN
Better Offline

Why OpenAI Is A Terrible Business

OCT 9, 202446 MIN

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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. 

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