I like how we've just collectively forgotten about the absolutely disastrous initial release of Gemini. Were the people responsible for that fired? Are they still still there making decisions? Why should I ever trust them and give them a second chance when I could just choose to use a competitor that doesn't have that history?

I know this is sarcasm, but a misstep like this by OpenAI will harm their future funding and hiring prospects.

They're supposed to be in the lead against a company 30x their size by revenue, and 10,000x their might. That lead is clearly slipping.

Despite ChatGPT penetration, it's not clear that OpenAI can compete toe to toe with a company that has distribution on every pane of glass.

While OpenAI has incredible revenue growth, they also have incredible spending and have raised at crazier and crazier valuations. It's a risky gamble, but one they're probably forced to take.

Meanwhile, Meta is hiring away all of their top talent. I'll bet that anyone that turned down offers is second guessing themselves right now.

We did not forget this scam that was Google Bard, but still, it is the past now