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OpenAI’s Funding Drama
Can it beat the open-source competition?

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What we’ll cover today:
💸 OpenAI’s $10B Dilemma: Nonprofit or bust?
🌐 New OpenAI Model: Is open the future?
🚀 ChatGPT’s Viral Spike: 1M users in an hour!
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Source : Fast Company
OpenAI, the brain behind ChatGPT, might lose $10 billion in funding if it doesn't go for-profit by year-end.
🚨 Breaking News:
If OpenAI doesn’t convert to a for-profit entity by Dec. 31, its $40 billion funding round could shrink to $30 billion.
⚡ Wire Simplified:
SoftBank’s $30 billion share would reduce to $20 billion if OpenAI stays nonprofit.
Microsoft and other investors' stakes would remain at $10 billion.
OpenAI must convert to for-profit with Microsoft's and the California attorney general’s approval.
Elon Musk, a co-founder, has challenged the restructuring plan in court.
CEO Sam Altman is focusing more on research, while COO Brad Lightcap handles day-to-day operations.
✔️ Straight to the Point:
OpenAI’s future hinges on going for-profit—balancing massive funding with its nonprofit roots and investor expectations.
💡 Should OpenAI convert to a for-profit model to secure funding? |
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Source : ITPro Today
OpenAI plans to launch its first open language model since GPT-2, inviting developers to shape its next big release.
🚨 Breaking News:
OpenAI will release a new open language model in the coming months, gathering feedback from developers worldwide.
⚡ Wire Simplified:
OpenAI wants input from developers and researchers via a feedback form.
Developer events will take place in San Francisco, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
CEO Sam Altman admits OpenAI has lagged in open-source, hinting at a shift.
Rival AI labs like DeepSeek are gaining traction with their open approaches.
OpenAI aims for better reasoning capabilities, inspired by its o3-mini model.
✔️ Straight to the Point:
OpenAI is rethinking open-source—seeking collaboration to regain its edge as rivals go fully open.
the chatgpt launch 26 months ago was one of the craziest viral moments i'd ever seen, and we added one million users in five days.
we added one million users in the last hour.
— Sam Altman (@sama)
6:11 PM • Mar 31, 2025
ChatGPT just made history—again! One million new users joined within an hour thanks to its new image feature.
🚨 Breaking News:
ChatGPT hit one million users in just one hour after introducing Ghibli-style AI art generation.
⚡ Wire Simplified:
OpenAI added Ghibli-style image generation to GPT-4o, going viral instantly.
CEO Sam Altman tweeted about the record-breaking user spike.
Fans are “Ghiblizing” selfies, pets, and even Bollywood scenes.
The surge is straining OpenAI’s servers, with GPUs struggling to keep up.
The viral feature is pushing AI-generated art from niche to mainstream.
✔️ Straight to the Point:
ChatGPT’s Ghibli-style art update has proven wildly popular, but OpenAI’s servers are feeling the heat.

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ChatGPT pays me over $6,148 per month.
And no, I don't work for them.
I just use 2 insanely powerful prompts ↓
— William | IA (@ia_william)
2:05 PM • Mar 30, 2025
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8:44 PM • Mar 31, 2025

Source : 9GAG
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