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highplainsdem

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5. Both Sam Altman of OpenAI and the CEO of Perplexity AI have talked at times of possibly having

Reply to tishaLA (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 11:10 PM

Jan 5

customers pay $1,000/mo for a chatbot/AI that is somehow so convenient/necessary for them that they'll consider that cost worth it. Even the $200/mo tier at ChatGPT now is reportedly losing money for them because the computing cost of AI is so high and the $200/mo customers think they should be able to use that subscription a lot.

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Only 5 percent of ChatGPT's 900 million weekly users pay, and reportedly most aren't worth much to advertisers [View all] highplainsdem Jan 5 OP

Sounds like they are having difficulty monetizing AI. mdbl Jan 5 #1

OpenAI has become a defense contractor. Soon, it's not going to have to worry about generating a profit from... LudwigPastorius Wednesday #9

Good. Alice B. Jan 5 #2

To quote an idea from an old "I Love Lucy" episode cojoel Jan 5 #3

I have the Google smart home ecosystem tishaLA Jan 5 #4

Both Sam Altman of OpenAI and the CEO of Perplexity AI have talked at times of possibly having highplainsdem Jan 5 #5

Good riddance to bad rubbish.nt jfz9580m Jan 6 #6

They say, I think correctly, that bad investment drives out the good. snot Jan 6 #7

I make a point of NEVER clicking on random ads on the internet FakeNoose Jan 6 #8