cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44699253

This is clearly a sign that the product failed to draw in enough customers and its viability was overhyped.

Hopefully, it is the start of the AI bubble bursting.

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Go go China !

    Bops the tankie.

    Like, I have a Chinese LLM loaded right this second and follow them closely, but holy moly. Curb your enthusiasm.

    Anyway, OpenAI has plenty of compute to train a Sora 2 if they want, but apparently they don’t. My guess is some combination of:

    • They couldn’t figure out a more efficient architecture, like you speculated. I buy that. OpenAI’s development is way more conservative than you’d think, and video generation is inherently intense, especially if Sora 1 is the baseline.

    • …Maybe they looked at metrics, saw Sora is mostly used for spam, scams, or worse, and pulled the plug for liability reasons?

    • They’re focusing on short-term profitability, as other commenters mentioned.

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      2 days ago

      They’re focusing on short-term profitability hemorrhaging slightly less money, as other commenters mentioned.

      Quick nitpicky fix. The only way they don’t lose shit tons of money is if they shut down completely.