XLEMar 26

OpenAI drops plans to release an adult chatbot

https://piefed.social/c/technology/p/1920526/openai-drops-plans-to-release-an-adult-chatbot

OpenAI drops plans to release an adult chatbot

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Show threadTreczoksMar 26
Which is an interesting take, because anything sex-related seems to be the only way to make money with AI.
Show threadXLEMar 26
I hope the real reason is that they’re running out of money to try new features, but the stated reason isn’t so bad either: that they aren’t yet able to surveil their users fast enough. Hearing Worldcoin failing to function is nice.
Show threadflamingo_pinyata
I think it’s about video generation. They shut down Sora because it was burning too much money. Imagine how much a massive amount of porn videos would cost.
Mar 26 at 5:20pmWeb
Show threadXLEMar 26
I think even the text prompts are unprofitable. Sam Altman said so once, even for paid plans. I wonder if they’re still in danger of bleeding themselves dry. One can dream.
Show threadArghblargMar 26

This here. The dirty not-at-all-a-secret is that NONE of it is profitable. It is all a money-burning, water-wasting, RAM-market-sucking back hole.

There is no road to profitability unless they somehow convince everyone to pay multiple thousands of dollars per year for subscriptions. At least that’s what I keep hearing; evidence otherwise with real references, I’m open to consider.

Show threadUnspecificGravity6d ago
Yep. I bet the reason they never actually closed the deal with Disney is that Disney discovered that shitty Sora CG cost more than their in house systems.
Show threadVindictiveJudge6d ago
Or because of that recent ruling that you can’t copyright AI generated images. If Disney can’t copyright the videos Sora produces, then it’s useless to them.
Show threadranzispa6d ago
Sure, but I doubt RAM plays a big role in this.
Show threadUnspecificGravity6d ago

That was probably what sunk the Disney deal.

Disney can already make shitty CG animation for basically nothing. What Sora did was offer a way of doing it without any real expertise, but Disney already had that. It was probably impossible for Sora to actually produce lower-tier Disney content for less than Disney is already able to do it for.