2026-03-26 13:31 UTC
Replies (9)
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@webology@mastodon.social 2026-03-26 14:02
@bridget @brass75 not that matters, but I was told they put a billion into the product and only grossed $10 to $20 million in revenue since it launched. It was a complete market flop. Everything else is up for speculation, but they are still revenue-driven more than any reputation concerns.
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@autolycos@beige.party 2026-03-27 00:06
@bridget please tell me it's D: all of the above
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@Thad@brontosin.space 2026-03-27 00:12
@bridget I suspect Disney was already preparing to back out of their deal and that would have cost them a lot of money and legitimacy.
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@fluffykittycat@furry.engineer 2026-03-27 00:20
@bridget I'm going with 3 with 1 being a second possibility
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@mlrife@mastodon.social 2026-03-27 00:46
@bridget I'm also going with option 3. The whole data center/compute industry seems to be a house of cards and sooner or later the circular deals are gonna collapse. I'm betting on "sooner."
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@rachelcholst@linernotes.club 2026-03-27 01:16
@bridget if they cared about how people used it they would have done something about it long ago. I think they're simply broke af
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@veganagain@veganism.social 2026-03-27 01:29
@bridget I just assumed they were closing it to funnel resources into “defense” models instead. Everyone without a conscience knows that is where the real money is.
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@Azuaron@cyberpunk.lol 2026-03-27 01:43
@bridget Given that Altman said advertising would be their "last resort", and they're rolling out advertising, I think we're seeing the beginning of the end of OpenAI.
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@solonovamax@tech.lgbt 2026-03-27 00:22
@bridget the 3rd one is definitely the case, but it might also be the other two as well