Fidji Simo has asked OpenAI staff to stop getting distracted by "side quests" and to focus on nailing their core business products as they are getting increasingly outflanked by Anthropic.

Sam tried to run OpenAI like a VC by making lots of bets, the problem is few companies can execute well on a diverse set of projects at once. Google at its peak probably is the best example.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-chatgpt-side-projects-16b3a825?st=oxcrnm&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

@carnage4life It's much easier to execute on many-bets strategy when you have a money printer. Harder when you have a money furnace.