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OpenAI could reportedly run out of cash by mid-2027 — analyst paints grim picture after examining the company's finances (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] riskable@programming.dev 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My conspiracy theory: The plan is to fail and sell the data centers to Microsoft for pennies on the dollar.

[–] lb_o@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

And also destroy consumer electronics market together with it, so everyone uses their rental clod solutions

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think Apple is much more desperate for that gamble than Microsoft.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can you explain why? Microsoft seems to have bet the farm on AI, Apple certainly has a less sure future than they have had since the mid 00s but they still have a firm grip on the smart phone market, at least in the US

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Microsoft is a weirdly desperate corporation in its attempts to generate money outside of the methods that have kept it afloat since the 1990s.