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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 108 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

Which is an interesting take, because anything sex-related seems to be the only way to make money with AI.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 40 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (10 children)

I hope the real reason is that they're running out of money to try new features. But some of their stated reasons, like their AI age verification sucks, aren't so bad either.

...Actually, OpenAI has a suspicious number of reasons why they can't do adult mode. I think they protest too much.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 32 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

I think it's about video generation. They shut down Sora because it was burning too much money. Imagine how much a massive amount of porn videos would cost.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 10 points 3 weeks ago

I think even the text prompts are unprofitable. Sam Altman said so once, even for paid plans. I wonder if they're still in danger of bleeding themselves dry. One can dream.

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