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20251017 – ChatGPT sales flat, Altman offers OpenAI adult chat
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT is so popular that almost no one will pay for it https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/15/openais_chatgpt_popular_few_pay/
OpenAI makes five-year business plan to meet $1tn spending pledges https://www.ft.com/content/a169703c-c4df-46d6-a2d3-4184c74bbaf7
OpenAI’s ‘flatlining’ subs in Europe: The AI boom’s poster child may be struggling to recruit new subscribers, Deutsche Bank warns https://fortune.com/2025/10/14/openai-subscriptions-flatlined-europe-deutsche-bank/
We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues https://x.com/sama/status/1978129344598827128
Ok this tweet about upcoming changes to ChatGPT blew up on the erotica point much more than I thought it was going to! https://x.com/sama/status/1978539332215681076
The entire economy now rests on a porn pivot by a piracy company. https://bsky.app/profile/klompusjack.myatproto.social/post/3m3awcbn4as27
Previously on Pivot to AI:
SoftBank needs OpenAI to stay alive — no matter what https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/27/softbank-needs-openai-to-stay-alive-no-matter-what/
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTYxEVRiCvM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
The finance press finally starts talking about the ‘AI bubble’ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/28/the-finance-press-finally-starts-talking-about-the-ai-bubble/
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgR1TCllRgc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
OpenAI does deals to make a deal — and the money is getting worried https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/10/openai-does-deals-to-make-a-deal-and-the-money-is-getting-worried/
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLvT2k9qmA0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
AI boyfriend users radicalise against OpenAI — and self-host their chatbot companions https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/16/ai-boyfriend-users-radicalise-against-openai-and-self-host-their-chatbot-companions/
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