"OpenAI has long underestimated how many people would use ChatGPT and how expensive that training and usage would become. The original Microsoft deal helped cover those costs. Now that the partnership has been restructured, OpenAI will have to generate far more revenue on its own to fund future training and inference. OpenAI has committed to spending a massive $1.4 trillion in infrastructure and says it hopes to build a gigawatt of new capacity per week, at a cost of around $20 billion per gigawatt."
"Facing multiple lawsuits from families whose teens and other loved ones got bad advice while in crisis, OpenAI has added parental controls and other mental health guardrails. These updates have neither stopped the lawsuits, nor have they appeased users as a whole. The company's latest model - GPT-5 - had a bumpy rollout and users openly rebelled, calling the new model "the lobotomization of GPT-4o" and accusing the company of "psychological paternalism.""
OpenAI underestimated ChatGPT usage and faces high training and inference costs. The original Microsoft deal helped cover those expenses, and the restructured partnership forces OpenAI to generate far more revenue independently. OpenAI committed to $1.4 trillion in infrastructure and aims to build a gigawatt of capacity per week at about $20 billion per gigawatt, prompting scrutiny and defensive responses from leadership. Allegations of circular investing, rising debt and a weakening job market add financial pressure. Safety concerns include users treating ChatGPT as therapist or romantic partner, multiple lawsuits over harmful advice, added parental controls and guardrails, and user backlash to GPT-5.
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