Source: OpenAI bought TBPN, which was set to generate $30M in 2026, for “low hundreds of millions of dollars”; OpenAI says TBPN will be editorially independent
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Discussion
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@grantbrisbee
Grant Brisbee
on bluesky
The Roundtable was also in these talks, but Andy kept saying “retaaaaainer” until they walked out [embedded post]
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@caseynewton
Casey Newton
on bluesky
For that kind of money you could employ a handful of AI researchers! [embedded post]
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@oracularhades.com
Josh
on bluesky
“editorially independent” lol i smell bullshit [embedded post]
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@edzitron.com
Ed Zitron
on bluesky
very very strange. Why would TBPN sell? Other to cash out of course. They were already an egregious AI booster! [embedded post]
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@masnick.com
Mike Masnick
on bluesky
I spent most of my day recording podcasts, and on the last one, before we started my guest told me that this had happened and my first thought was “wait, is there some other TBPN?” because... what? [embedded post]