Was ChatGPT hyped?
It took off rapidly but that was hardly because of any hyping and almost entirely due to word of mouth and people actually liking the product, until the press picked up on it.
From what I remember they still had an invite process when they were getting popular and the demand clearly overwhelmed their servers several times, indicating a much bigger response than they expected. If anything I think OpenAI was downplaying the product at the time.
Yes, that is what hype is. It was organic hype, and is frankly the only real way to do it otherwise you get backlash.
What is the fallout if OpenAI goes under?
The whole company appears to be a giant pile of burning cash at this point and I can only imagine that this wasn’t exactly helping that situation.
Was it fun while it lasted? Sorta, but it got old pretty quick.
Is this a business? Hell no.
Just wait until Sir Jony Ive's unapologetically AI hardware products that cost too much, do too little, and also flop.
Whatever happened to that one? I suspect they made the video and announcement for the PR and didn't actually have a plan. Then the Friend AI and Meta glasses thing came out and I suspect Sir Ive is having some serious second thoughts in putting his brand onto anything like that.
It seems no one wants a dedicated AI hardware product. Because the smartphone exists.
The hype cycle for AI products is brutal. Going from "this will change everything" to silence in a few months is rough. Makes you wonder how many other AI products are riding the same wave right now without anyone noticing.
Meanwhile, Sora and other video models have become available on Openrouter. Are we sure this is the end of Sora? Or just the interface?
They’re slowly deprecating and ending the Sora API over the next 6 months.
Honestly given that they’re nowhere near profitable even with their main product this is the right move.
It's really disappointing news. I've been actively using Sora for my video production
Was it your first time doing video production? (or maybe you had done solo or larger projects before)
Well then this is great news.
Unbelievable. Some dude makes an hn account after lurking who knows how long, makes his very first innocuous comment a day later, and is immediately attacked as a newb or a shill? Give people at least a little benefit of the doubt.
"Prior to possession of a hacker news account, a man existeth not"
Ancient Chinese proverb
None of those things were said, you're reading a lot into a 1 day old account commenting on a 5 day old story.