OpenAI looking to spend after GPT-5 launch and is 'willing to run the loss'

3 belter 1 8/8/2025, 3:22:50 PM cnbc.com ↗

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thoughtpeddler · 15m ago
> “As long as we’re on this very distinct curve of the model getting better and better, I think the rational thing to do is to just be willing to run the loss for quite a while,” Altman [said]

It’s not clear he can keep playing this card, as the GPT-5 announcement day this week marked a point where the reality is clear that the gap between frontier lab foundation models has shrank dramatically. OpenAI no longer has a significant lead, and more importantly, the tech itself might be starting to mature.