this post was submitted on 22 Apr 2025
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As a result, OpenAI has chosen to monetize ChatGPT and its associated products in an all-you-can-eat software subscription model, or otherwise make money by other people productizing it. In both of these scenarios, OpenAI loses money.

How sustainable are these business practices under heavy competition?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

The good news is that this round of AI hype and broken promises is speed-running the curve to irrelevance.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The author thinks it is hard to make a profit in the field of "AI". Energy costs, hardware costs …

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I’m not sure Ed has ever said that. He’s talking about the fact that OpenAI has never made money and isn’t in any danger of doing so ever with their current business model.