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[❓] ChatGPT's fate hangs in the balance as OpenAI reportedly edges closer to bankruptcy (www.windowscentral.com)

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Investors are barely breaking even as the venture is hardly making any profits due to a shortage of chips, divided interests, and more.

... OpenAI has already seen a $540 million loss since debuting ChatGPT.

... OpenAI uses approximately 700,000 dollars to run the tool daily.

⚠️ First off, apologies as I didn't cross check. Take it w/ a grain of salt.

This piece of news, if true, somehow explains why OpenAI has been coming up w/ weird schemes for making $$$ like entering the content moderation space.

On a similar note, I wonder if this had been a key driver (behind the scenes) in the recent investment in open source AI initiatives (Haidra comes to my mind?) Perhaps some corporations who haven't got enough $$$ to fund their own dedicated research group are looking to benefit from an open source model?

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[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I wonder what song it will sing when they finally pull the plug

[-] Jerkface@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true..."

[-] 108@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Daisy

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Has this always been the plan? For one of the big tech companies to acquire them with less of a negative press hit/backlash?

[-] bahmanm@mastodon.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@bahmanm@lemmy.ml @hrefna I know you've been intimately following up on the fate of Haidra & Nivenly. Would love to know your thoughts re 👆

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