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OpenAI drops plans to release an adult chatbot (www.engadget.com)
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[–] [S] 38 points 7 months ago* (10 children)

I hope the real reason is that they're running out of money to try new features. But some of their stated reasons, like their AI age verification sucks, aren't so bad either.

...Actually, OpenAI has a suspicious number of reasons why they can't do adult mode. I think they protest too much.

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  • [–] 30 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 36 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

    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 black 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.

    EDIT: backblack

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 7 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months 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.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    nVidia had announced that instead of 100 billion for nothing to OpenAI that they were doing 30 billion for stake, and said they were probably not going to keep giving these 'halo' AI companies money after this.

    I also saw a report that banks were starting to get a bit more stingy with money to the same companies.

    I think that while there's still plenty of money coming in still, it does seem like the 'take our unlimited cash just because you have AI in your name' phase is wearing out and they actually have to try to convince people now.

    Which is a pretty big problem for them, as despite their brand recognition they aren't really seen as the 'leader' in the AI space on any particular front.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I think it's that they are preparing for IPO, which means opening their books and being an attractive investment.

    Sora was killed because it haemorrhaged cash for each generation. Investors wouldn't be comfortable with that still running in the books.

    This is killed because a respectable investment does sell porn.

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