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#911

OpenAI is racing against two clocks: the commoditization clock (how quickly open-source alternatives catch up) and the monetization clock (their need to generate substantial revenue to justify their valuation). The ultimate success of this strategy depends on what we might call the enterprise AI adoption curve - whether large organizations will prioritize the kind of integrated, reliable, and "safe" AI solutions Open…

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#912
It feels like we’re witnessing a clash not just of technologies but of philosophies: centralized, tightly controlled AI versus the chaotic yet flexible open-source approach. The question is, can corporations remain in their ‘walled gardens’ if open solutions become powerful enough? This isn’t just a race of tech—it’s a race of trust and adaptability. Who will win: corporations or the community?

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#913

This is a just pricing experiment just to see if people will pay 10X more for better AI. Perhaps, eventually, we will be paying thousands per month for AI if it is good enough.

I'm not sure how much of an experiment it is. A bloomberg terminal is ~$25k a seat. There are plenty of specialist software tools in the $10kpa region. So going in at $2.5k doesn't seem like a big push.

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#914

OpenAI is racing against two clocks: the commoditization clock (how quickly open-source alternatives catch up) and the monetization clock (their need to generate substantial revenue to justify their valuation). The ultimate success of this strategy depends on what we might call the enterprise AI adoption curve - whether large organizations will prioritize the kind of integrated, reliable, and "safe" AI solutions Open…

The enterprise surface area that OpenAI seems to be targeting is very small. The cost curve looks similar to classic cloud providers, but gets very steep much faster. We started on their API and then moved out of the OpenAI ecosystem within ~ 2years as costs grew fast and we see equivalent or better performance with much cheaper and/or OS models, combined with pretty modest hardware. Unless they can pull a bunch of Netflix-style deals the economics here will not work out.

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#916

Is it rolled out worldwide? I'm accessing it from Canada and don't have an option to upgrade from Plus. EDIT: Correction. It now started to show the upgrade offer but when I try it comes back with "There was a problem updating your subscription". Anyone else seeing this?

Looks like updating your subscription is managed by AI.

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#917
$200 a month! Lol, for what?

Save yourself the money and learn how to use a search engine and read documentation.

Honestly I haven't seen much value provided for me by these "AI" models.

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#918

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Leadership at this crop of tech companies is more like followership . Whether it's 'no politics', or sudden layoffs, or 'founder mode', or 'work from home'... one CEO has an idea and three dozen other CEOs unthinkingly adopt it. Several comments in this thread have used Anthropic's lower pricing as a criticism, but it's probably moot: a month from now Anthropic will release its own $200 model.

Except Anthropic actually has the ability to deliver $200/month in value whereas OpenAI lost the script a long time ago. Not a single one of OpenAI’s models can compete with the Claude series, it’s embarrassing.

Even o1?

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#919

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ChatGPT does have an enterprise version. I've seen the enterprise version with a top-5 consulting company, and it answers from their global knowledgebase, cites references, and doesn't train on their data.

I assume top-5 consulting companies are buying to be on the bandwagon, but are the rank and file using it?

Yes, daily. It's extremely useful, superior to internal search while combining the internal knowledge base with ChatGPT's

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#920

OpenAI is racing against two clocks: the commoditization clock (how quickly open-source alternatives catch up) and the monetization clock (their need to generate substantial revenue to justify their valuation). The ultimate success of this strategy depends on what we might call the enterprise AI adoption curve - whether large organizations will prioritize the kind of integrated, reliable, and "safe" AI solutions Open…

What ever happened to IBM Watson? IBM wishes it would have taken off like ChatGPT
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