OpenAI launches then un-launches Sora, Twitter gives Grok away for free
OpenAI launches then un-launches Sora, Twitter gives Grok away for free
OpenAI has released its Sora Turbo video generator to ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers! Sort of. [OpenAI; Verge] Unfortunately, OpenAI closed Sora signups shortly after launch. ChatGPT Plus subscri…
on the first day* of christmas, techbros gave to me: a product that would unlaunch promptly!
*just imagine we are in a world line where the days of Christmas start today, I guess
wait, they couldn't get substation big enough so they're running straight gas turbines just to power this thing? and it's not even CCGT (there would be visible cooling towers unless there's a lake nearby)? i guess they're doing this this way because it's compact and doesn't require water, but they're 1. paying premium for baseline power, more than for regular price from utility, or normal gas plant, and 2. running pollution -> profit machine straight from captain planet episode
reuters article (through neuters, it works like nitter but for reuters) https://neuters.de/business/environment/musks-xai-operating-gas-turbines-without-permits-data-center-environmental-group-2024-08-28/
- running pollution -> profit machine straight from captain planet episode
that is part of their mission statement, yes
The Grok data center in Memphis, Tennessee runs off gas generators without proper permits. [Reuters, archive; Memphis CAP]
Im starting to believe this musk fellah might not be all that concerned with the environment after all.
archive added!
Kevin Beaumont started a thread collecting horrifyingly awful Sora output
I really wonder what the state of OpenAI will be in five years. They really don't have a proper business model (or at the very least a functional one), and it doesn't seem like they will have one. Will Microsoft fully buy them out? It seems like the only way to make "AI" profitable is to make it a selling point on products that would have otherwise already had large profit margins.