You ever find yourself just tumbling down the rabbit hole of tech news? That’s basically how I ended up here — trying to make sense of this whole OpenAI saga. So, last year, there were all these whispers, right? Like, “Hey, OpenAI might be going belly up. Five billion bucks lost in a year! Can you even imagine?” Fast forward, and suddenly investors are tossing $6.6 billion their way. Yeah, major names like Microsoft and NVIDIA just making it rain, valuing the thing at $156 billion. Why does money move like that? Beats me.
And just when I thought I was getting the hang of it, SoftBank jumps in, throwing another $40 billion into the mix. Now OpenAI’s sitting pretty with a $300 billion tag. But hey, pretty doesn’t pay the bills. They’re still scratching their heads over how to actually make money — classic startup woes, right?
Most of the cash drain is from training these super-smart models. Hire folks who know their GPUs from their gigabytes, and boom — there goes a chunk of cash. So, they’re dropping hints about pricey subscriptions for those of us who want AI to do… I don’t know… complex calculus? Meanwhile, they’re looking into throwing in weekly and lifetime subs. Intriguing, if you ask me (though nobody ever asks me these important questions).
Rumor alert! Some tech sleuth, @M1Astra, dove headfirst into an APK of ChatGPT’s latest iteration and found breadcrumbs hinting at these new subscription plans. Shocking, right? Not really. But maybe it’s a play to make ChatGPT more accessible for folks who just need a smart assistant every now and then.
But here’s the kicker — they’re thinking of doing a lifetime sub for ChatGPT Plus. What’s that even mean with AI changing faster than socks? Will people buy into it? Now there’s the million (or billion?) dollar question.
I guess we’ll wait and see if folks want to hitch their wagon to this rolling ball of evolving code. AI’s a wild ride, and honestly, a lifetime feels like a long time in the AI world. Thoughts, anyone?
