OpenAI announced a Lockdown mode.
OpenAI announced a Lockdown mode. I'm seeing a lot of outlets say this is the way to make ChatGPT safe, but that's wrong. It just cuts off the most useful f...
Topic: OpenAI
105 mentions · 89 chunks · 57 episodes
20.5× distinctiveness vs baseline
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2.2x burst in 2025 Q4
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- OpenAI appears in 89 chunks across 57 episodes, from 2023-11-13 to 2026-06-15.
- Its densest episode is Bits and Bobs 6/9/25 (2025-06-09), with 4 observations on this topic.
- Semantically it travels with Anthropic, ChatGPT, and llm model, while by chunk count it sits between Google and Meta; its yearly rank moved from #19 in 2023 to #14 in 2026.
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Ben Thompson with cutting commentary about Anthropic and Fable:
...e accomplishment. I continue to think that part of what led to so much drama at OpenAI was the misalignment between what was a research organization and the tremendous opportunity that was dropped in their lap with the unexpected succes...
Simon Willison pointed out that both Claude and OpenAI switched their enterprise billing to be rack rate by tokens.
Simon Willison pointed out that both Claude and OpenAI switched their enterprise billing to be rack rate by tokens. This materially changes the costs for enterprises. Presumably enterprises have significa...
My friend Soren has an interesting piece on the price elasticity for models.
...of them currently do. Still, the duopoly pricing dynamics mean it's conceivable OpenAI and Anthropic could both switch around the same time, "independently," and that would be a stable equilibrium. 2) Vertically integrate fat-tail use c...
Why is Claude Code closed source but Codex is substantially open source?
...o do it it was too late. Anthropic got locked into the closed position, leaving OpenAi to counter position as open. OpenAI has also made it clear you can use Codex and ChatGPT Pro in whatever harness you want. Anthropic has, in a high-v...
All of the labs would rather not have to give access to the top-of-the-line models via general API.
...locked into this equilibrium thanks to the accident that ChatGPT came out after OpenAI had already released a completion API. The amount of value that can be extracted from LLMs is extremely variable in different verticals. A general-pu...
The subscription I hold most dear currently is my Claude Max subscription.
...oyalty is not so much because of Claude's model quality. It's great… but so are OpenAI's models and even Gemini. The thing that makes it so dear to me is the significant subsidy. I'd be spending multiple thousands of dollars a month at ...
BusinessInsider: OpenAI's 'stunning admission': Maybe people don't want to book stuff inside ChatGPT
BusinessInsider: OpenAI's 'stunning admission': Maybe people don't want to book stuff inside ChatGPT Shocking!
OpenAI Plans to Price Smart Speaker at $200 to $300, as AI Device Team Takes Shape
OpenAI Plans to Price Smart Speaker at $200 to $300, as AI Device Team Takes Shape This company is out over its skis. It's acting like it's a mega-aggregato...
This week in the Wild West roundup:
...dn't stop it. Bloomberg: OpenClaw might be a security nightmare for Sam Altman. OpenAI Dev's Crypto AI Agent Accidentally Sends 5% Memecoin Supply in $250K Mistake. OpenClaw Vulnerability: Website-to-Local Agent Takeover. RoguePilot: Ex...
Manus has many of the features of OpenClaw but seems underwhelming.
.... That's a high bar to clear! There will be a similar challenge for OpenClaw at OpenAI.
"Updates to privacy policy" only really move in one direction: against the consumer.
...ally move in one direction: against the consumer. This week I got an email from OpenAI with the subject: "Updates to our privacy policy." My immediate response was "Good, they're going to screw me over in some subtle new way that is obs...
An NYT OpEd: OpenAI Is Making the Mistakes Facebook Made.
An NYT OpEd: OpenAI Is Making the Mistakes Facebook Made. I Quit.
Stratechery points out why OpenAI had to do ads… and what a hard road that is.
Stratechery points out why OpenAI had to do ads… and what a hard road that is.
This week in the Wild West roundup:
... in the Wild West roundup: A Google Calendar Prompt Injection attack on Gemini. OpenAI's API logs can be exfiltrated by prompt injection. Bruce Schneier: Why AI Keeps Falling for Prompt Injection Attacks. Anthropic quietly fixed flaws i...
ChatGPT says it will do ads.
...trope walk across an alligator pit in a hurricane. I don't have confidence that OpenAI has the culture or incentives to do this well.
A tweet analyzing what Google is trying to do to OpenAI:
A tweet analyzing what Google is trying to do to OpenAI: "google is trying to do to openai what facebook ended up doing to snap which is to first decelerate growth substantially (which kills a lot of momen...
OpenAI admits that prompt injection is a fundamentally unsolvable problem:
OpenAI admits that prompt injection is a fundamentally unsolvable problem: "Prompt injection, much like scams and social engineering on the web, is unlikely...
Back in the day, Google used the money they made to fund the future.
Back in the day, Google used the money they made to fund the future. OpenAI is instead using the money they're going to make to fund the now. Significantly different proposition. Everybody who discovers leverage thinks they'r...
Ben Thompson says OpenAI does have a business model they aren't embracing: ads.
Ben Thompson says OpenAI does have a business model they aren't embracing: ads.[fm] But that feels fundamentally dangerous in a chat. The question is: how effective can the w...