🤖 OpenAI once promised not to race, now it is the number 1 racer
- When it was first established in 2015, OpenAI said it would not be for money, would create open, safe AI for humanity.
- Now things are… different.
💰 From non-profit to extremely strong commercialization
- 2020: launched GPT-3 API for businesses
- 2022: launched ChatGPT, went viral globally
- The projected revenue for 2025 is $12.7 billion
📈 ChatGPT is a turning point, causing the entire AI industry to go crazy
In just 5 days, there were 1 million users, after 2 months reached 100 million, the fastest in history.
⚔️ Sam Altman once declined to race, then became the flag bearer
- Google sounded the “red alarm.”
- Meta abandoned the metaverse to chase after AI.
- The entire tech industry in the US, Europe, and Asia is diving in
💥 There are 4 reasons OpenAI changed direction
- The costs are too high: chips, servers, data, engineer salaries... costing tens of billions of dollars
- ChatGPT has succeeded too quickly
- Sam Altman is too ambitious
- Need to go first to gain the upper hand
🧠 Altman once wanted to run for Governor of California
- After Trump won the election in 2016, Altman wanted to try his hand at politics.
- But in the end, chose to go the... artificial route.
🌍 OpenAI is worried about China overtaking, so it is accelerating even more
- Altman warned the US Congress that DeepSeek and Chinese AIs are catching up, and the US is no longer far ahead.
In summary:
- OpenAI says it doesn’t want to race, but is... ahead of the stopwatch.
- If a non-profit can earn $12.7 billion, maybe it should propose changing its name from OpenAI to: OpenDola – Open for ideals, closed for revenue!