XLEDisney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora
https://piefed.social/c/technology/p/1913735/disney-exits-openai-deal-after-ai-giant-shutters-sora
Pretty close! Sora gets mentioned specifically, just not in that context
Burst Damage
Soundtrack: Masters of Reality - High Noon Amsterdam I have said almost everything in this piece in every one of these articles for months. I am not upset, but just stating an obvious truth. The current state of affairs effectively pushes against the boundaries of good sense, logic and reason,
Great read! I wonder what his perspective is now. That article was written in August 2024 and a lot has happened since then. For example, I cannot fathom the agreement to Sundar’s latest pay package. Another example of failing up the corporate ladder.
Also, it feels like competition with China was an overlooked wildcard in his argument. It would not surprise me if the bubble continues to grow just to try and beat China.
The issue is that you can’t really “beat” China. Their models are free to self host and use, they don’t play by the rules of US LLM companies.
Sure it’s going to be the same for personal use, to most people chatGPT or DeepSeek are websites.
But to enterprise it will be a massive difference in cost, and AI can’t even begin to dream about profitability without enterprise
MalReynoldsTheir models are free to self host and use, they don’t play by the rules of US LLM companies.
Jury’s out on that, they may be using the large US company play of undercut your competitors until they crash and burn then seize the monopoly (e.g. Amazon and bookstores…) then ratchet prices up and enshittify, but with the bankroll of a huge country.