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Ethan Mollick Says OpenAI Products Often Become Obsolete Within Months

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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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    Ethan Mollick Says OpenAI Products Often Become Obsolete Within Months

    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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