[meta_x_ai]

OpenAI has completely pivoted to a Product company (vs a Model / API company)

The minute they switch to API is the time their userbase realizes that OpenAI neither has the best model nor the most cost-effective one nor the fastest one.

So, their business strategy is subscription and bundle a bunch of products and market it to the mass.

They have a brand "chatGPT" recognition and they'll milk that.

Sam is more of a Steve Jobs than a Bill Gates personality or at least wannabe

[bubaumba]

You may think Anthropic is different? It's the same UI + API. The difference is they don't create free accounts for personal emails. Sort of shadow banning. However they accepted my work email for free account and personal email for payed API. May be that's just me, I tried several personals.

As for model's quality they are both impressive. I haven't run meaningful comparison tests.

[theshackleford]

> May be that's just me

I would suggest this may be the case.

> The difference is they don't create free accounts for personal emails.

I'm using a personal account for free just fine, as are many in my circle.

[raincole]

I don't know what you imply by juxtoposing Jobs vs Gates. From what I know, Apple successfully marketed their hardware as a lifestyle. I don't think OpenAI is anything like that.

[meta_x_ai]

chatGPT's popularity and almost becoming a verb, says otherwise

[pnin]

As far as I can tell, o1 is the best model for anything to do with mathematics, by a solid margin.

[meta_x_ai]

gemini-exp-1206 and I'm pretty sure Gemini 2.0 Pro will beat it

https://livebench.ai/#/

[pnin]

Thanks for the data.

[Sateeshm]

The full pivot to products is another tell that they don't have high hopes on AGI