Musk v. Altman: Greg Brockman said OpenAI expects to spend $50B on computing in 2026, up from ~$30M in 2017; OpenAI told investors it would spend ~$600B by 2030
Huge number reveal from OpenAI's Greg Brockman in court this am: OpenAI expects to spend $50 billion on compute this year. This gives a sense for how expensive it is *just to provide the computing power* for one of the world's most powerful AI companies. https://www.bloomberg.com…
The notion - espoused by John Oliver - that AI companies have an incentive to keep small talk going as long as possible is so stupid. They're just grafting on social media panic to AI without any thought at all.