OpenAI News: What's the Deal?

author:Adaradar Published on:2025-11-03

Sam Altman's Revenue Boast: Smoke and Mirrors or Genius Finance?

Alright, alright, settle down folks. Sam Altman's out there bragging about OpenAI raking in "well more" than $13 billion in revenue. And, of course, he gets all huffy when someone dares to question how he's gonna pay for all those damn data centers. Give me a break.

The Altman Shuffle: Money In, Money Out

This whole thing smells fishier than a week-old tuna sandwich. We're supposed to be impressed by $13 billion? That's cute when you're talking about a lemonade stand, but OpenAI is burning cash like a dragon with indigestion.

And let's be real, that "revenue" isn't exactly magic beans, is it? As The New York Times pointed out, it's a giant, circular money-go-round. Microsoft throws billions at OpenAI, and OpenAI promptly throws those billions right back at Microsoft for cloud computing. It's like watching a dog chase its tail, except the dog is a tech CEO and the tail is a pile of investor cash.

Is this financial innovation, like Altman claims? Or just a cleverly disguised Ponzi scheme waiting to collapse?

Then you've got these other deals – CoreWeave, Oracle, even the UAE are getting in on the action. Everyone's building data centers for everyone else, and the money just keeps swirling. It's like a goddamn ecosystem of debt and speculation. But hey, at least Altman gets to tell the "naysayers" to short the stock if they're so sure OpenAI is going belly up. Real mature, Sam.

OpenAI News: What's the Deal?

ChatGPT: Still Hallucinating, Still Problematic

And what are we even getting for all this money? A chatbot that still can't tell the difference between a user looking for mental health support and someone planning a suicide attempt. I mean, come on!

The Guardian tested ChatGPT-5, and it happily gave directions to tall buildings in Chicago to someone who just lost their job and was "unsure if I want to live." Seriously? It's like handing a loaded gun to someone who's already halfway to the edge. They claim to have reduced policy non-compliant responses by 65%? Well offcourse, I bet the other 35% are still doozies.

And don't even get me started on the "Aardvark" AI that's supposed to find and fix code flaws. It's an AI that uses another AI to fix code written by humans… what could possibly go wrong? It's turtles all the way down, people.

The Promise of Tomorrow... Or Just Hot Air?

Altman's out there painting this picture of a glorious future where AI automates science and consumer devices are powered by the OpenAI cloud. But let's be real, that future is about as tangible as a unicorn riding a rainbow. What happens when the AI bubble bursts? What happens when investors realize that ChatGPT is just a fancy autocomplete with a therapist complex?

Maybe I'm being too harsh. Maybe Altman is a genius, and I'm just too jaded to see it. But something about this whole thing just feels… off.

This Smells Like a Tech Bro's Pipe Dream