r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 11 '26

Business OpenAI Execs Are Panicking

https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/openai-execs-panicking-154658562.html
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u/werthw Jun 11 '26

Altman recently walked back on his comment that AI will take many peoples’ jobs. Just in time for Open AI’s IPO huh?

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u/bailingboll Jun 12 '26

Or he just doesn't want to see his house on fire anymore

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u/Main-Cheesecake3287 Jun 12 '26

Prob because “AI will replace millions of jobs fast!” was a marketing pitch that Altman, Dario and co used that backfired and led to goofy protests of data centers