With an influx of Meta alums, some OpenAI staffers worry it is adopting Meta's tactics, like using social media dynamics with Sora and a softening stance on ads
There will be ads in OpenAI products faster than even they expect. [image] Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Really the most Meta-like tactic on display from OAI lately is to release products that have obvious harms and say “oops!” two days later and add some minor safeguard [embedded post]
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@miles_brundage
Miles Brundage
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The claim at the end about optimizing for engagement seems much more important than the ads question IMO, legally / ethically / reputationally etc. https://x.com/...
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@rohanpaul_ai
Rohan Paul
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This really helps explain why some of OpenAI's recent releases like Sora, ads, and commerce make a lot more sense now. About 1 in 5 OpenAI staffers come from Meta. Even with massive use of their models and API, about 70% of OpenAI's $13B revenue still comes straight from [image]
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@jukanlosreve
Jukan
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The recent report from The Information is truly fascinating. As OpenAI aggressively hires former Meta employees in pursuit of monetization, there are growing internal complaints that the company might be turning into “another Meta.” What's especially interesting is that OpenAI [i…
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@amir
Amir Efrati
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From ChatGPT's sycophancy crisis in Q1 to the hiring of Meta/Facebook vets and the launch of Sora app, some longtime OpenAI employees have gotten concerned about the company's Meta-fication. [image]
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@eric_seufert
Eric Seufert
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An epiphany for me about consumer perception of ads: when I worked at Skype, an exec gave a presentation about a series of focus groups he ran about inserting ads into the product. A non-trivial number of participants asked, “Skype is free, so doesn't it already include ads?” [im…
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@kylebrussell
Kyle Russell
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another framing that abstracts away the Meta of it all: short term wins earn permission to make long term investments
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@btibor91
Tibor Blaho
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OpenAI has imported approximately 630 former Meta employees representing about 20% of its roughly 3,000 staff according to LinkedIn data analyzed by The Information, with OpenAI's Slack having a channel just for former Meta employees according to a current employee and many [imag…
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@kalleyhuang
Kalley Huang
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“We don't want to become engagement farmers.” Inside the Meta-fication of OpenAI, with @erinkwoo @steph_palazzolo: https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
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@erinkwoo
Erin Woo
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wrote about the meta-fication of openai! with dream team @KalleyHuang and @steph_palazzolo https://www.theinformation.com/ ... [image]
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@steph_palazzolo
Stephanie Palazzolo
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As OpenAI grows, employees are getting concerned that it's starting to look too much like the social media giant Meta. Details incl: - a metafication survey - internal reactions to sora - the rise of ads w/ the dream team @KalleyHuang @erinkwoo https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
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@zephyr_z9
@zephyr_z9
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>be Sam “ads are icky” Altman >May 2023: “last resort, uniquely unsettling, literally gives me hives” >promise Congress my AI will never sell your soul >quietly hire 630 Meta alums, rename HR to “Human Re-targeting” >new Slack channel #ad-dungeon already has custom Zucc
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@aelkus
@aelkus
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put differently, Altman has broken a long string of promises and “no ads” is a much easier one to break than “no porn” [embedded post]
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
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The idea that OpenAI will build products for erotic text porn, deepfakes, military applications and partner with ICE but then draw the line at showing you ads for toothbrushes is hilarious. A straight up joke. — There will be ads in OpenAI products faster than even they expect…
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@caseynewton
Casey Newton
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Really the most Meta-like tactic on display from OAI lately is to release products that have obvious harms and say “oops!” two days later and add some minor safeguard [embedded post]