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Ethan Mollick Says OpenAI Products Often Become Obsolete Within Months
- Who
- Ethan Mollick
- What
- argues OpenAI products can become obsolete within months, citing several discontinued products
- Quote
Most of the time (Sora excepted?) their own product became obsolete within months, in case you think they are immune to misjudging the exponential themselves
What happened
OpenAI kills a lot of its products Sora lasted 6 months, Agent Builder 8 months, Group Chat 8 months, Atlas 9 months... Most of the time (Sora excepted?) their own product became obsolete within months, in case you think they are immune to misjudging the exponential themselves https://twitter.com/emaadmanzoor/status/2116236206853730414
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See the full storyEthan Mollick Says OpenAI Products Often Become Obsolete Within MonthsOpenAI kills a lot of its products
Sora lasted 6 months, Agent Builder 8 months, Group Chat 8 months, Atlas 9 months...
Most of the time (Sora excepted?) their own product became obsolete within months, in case you think they are immune to misjudging the exponential themselves https://twitter.com/emaadmanzoor/status/2116236206853730414
as predicted https://twitter.com/emaadmanzoor/status/2016302458784395404View the quoted post on X
The story so far
Ethan Mollick said OpenAI frequently discontinues products within months, citing Sora, Agent Builder, Group Chat and Atlas as examples. He put their lifespans at six, eight, eight and nine months, respectively. Mollick argued that OpenAI’s own products had usually become obsolete within that time, while questioning whether Sora fit that explanation. He presented the examples as evidence that OpenAI itself can misjudge the pace of exponential progress.
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