Monologue: OpenAI's Albatross
April 4, 2025
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April 4, 2025
Monologue: OpenAI's Albatross
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<p>In this week's monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through how OpenAI's new image generator has become a massive burden on the company, and how OpenAI’s melting GPUs are a bad omen for the future.<br /><br />Vote for Better Offline's "Man Who Killed Google Search" as the best business podcast episode in this year's Webby's! Open until April 17! Vote today!<br /><a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/business">https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/business</a> <br /><br />Vote for Weird Little Guys in this year’s Webby’s! <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/crime-justice">https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/crime-justice</a> <br /><br />OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users - <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/openais-new-image-generator-is-now-available-to-all-users/">https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/openais-new-image-generator-is-now-available-to-all-users/</a><br /><br />OpenAI Forecast Shows Shift From Microsoft to SoftBank (citation for $13 billion number) - <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-forecast-shows-shift-from-microsoft-to-softbank?rc=kz8jh3">https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-forecast-shows-shift-from-microsoft-to-softbank?rc=kz8jh3</a></p> <p>---</p> <p>LINKS: <a href="https://www.tinyurl.com/betterofflinelinks">https://www.tinyurl.com/betterofflinelinks</a></p> <p>Newsletter: <a href="https://www.wheresyoured.at/">https://www.wheresyoured.at/</a></p> <p>Reddit: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/">https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/</a> </p> <p>Discord: <a href="https://discord.com/invite/QUUQUP9szv">chat.wheresyoured.at</a></p> <p>Ed's Socials:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/edzitron">https://twitter.com/edzitron</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/edzitron">https://www.instagram.com/edzitron</a></p> <p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com">https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.threads.net/@edzitron">https://www.threads.net/@edzitron</a></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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