In case anyone is out-of-the-loop

https://youtu.be/FVRHTWWEIz4?si=btZnQp0IEnmgrtWV&t=2388

"But I kind of think of ads as like a last resort for us for a business model. I would do it if it meant that was the only way to get everybody in the world access to great services. But if we can find something that doesn't do that, I'd prefer that."

Yes, the quote was "Ads plus AI is sort of uniquely unsettling to me. I kind of think of ads as a last resort for us for a business model." (Sam Altman, Harvard 2024)

Yep. Their other ventures fell through and don't exist anymore.

Altman lies.

I though openAI has plenty of investors/users?

Are they really that much in debt/trouble?

Didn't they do sort of a 270-degree turn on this when they abandoned erotica chatbots?

Right - one would assume that if they're on the verge of an ASI that will consume the entire economy, advertising is only a distraction.

Totally not a bubble right.

Right?

If you believe literally anything Sam Altman says, you are a fool.

I don't think they are weighing things that way anymore, so much leadership has departed

Advertising is every site's last resort - but it's the only damn thing that pays the bills