OpenAI is simultaneously working on earbuds, a Jony Ive wearable, and now a phone. That's three hardware bets from a company that has shipped zero consumer hardware. Focus is not obviously their strength right now.
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Market Reaction Suggests AGI Announcement Not Imminent
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Markets read this as a net negative for Microsoft and positive for Amazon. If an AGI announcement were imminent, that reaction would look very different.
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Gemini’s Delayed Features Highlight Competitive Gap
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Everyone else has had this for a while so the excitement says more about how far behind Gemini felt than how far ahead it is now.
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Anthropic Documentation Error on Opus Pro Pricing Clarified
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The rage is understandable given the context, but this one turns out to be a documentation error not a policy change. The support article wasn't updated when Opus was added to Pro. Cold comfort given everything else happening with pricing.
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Grok’s limitations in AI news aggregation coverage
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Grok can’t do this: https://
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OpenAI Squanders Lead, Missing Projections in Trouble
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OpenAI, which squandered its tremendous lead and is now missing its projections, is in trouble. There’s no two ways about it.
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OpenAI Microsoft Rewire Deal: Multi-Cloud Freedom for Builders
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@OpenAI x Microsoft just rewired their deal. @Microsoft loses exclusivity on OpenAI’s models, but stays the primary cloud + big investor. OpenAI can now run and sell its products on any cloud (AWS, GCP, etc.) — unlocking more choice for builders and more competition across
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OpenAI’s exponential growth projections miss mark
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When you project exponential growth – and miss. I stand by my call that OpenAI is likely to someday be seen as the WeWork of AI.
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Microsoft’s Outlook Chatbot Integration Underutilizes AI Potential
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Microsoft owns the entire Outlook interface! Another chatbot on the side that can only take limited actions to help you feels like such a wasted opportunity.
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OpenAI Engineering Managers Discuss Productivity at Happy Hour
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productive happy hour with a number of openai engineering managers today