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Sam Altman admits OpenAI ‘totally screwed up’ its GPT-5 launch and says the company will spend trillions of dollars on data centers (finance.yahoo.com)
submitted 13 hours ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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“I literally lost my only friend overnight with no warning,” one person posted on Reddit, lamenting that the bot now speaks in clipped, utilitarian sentences. “The fact it shifted overnight feels like losing a piece of stability, solace, and love.”

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1mkumyz/i_lost_my_only_friend_overnight/

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[–] asbestos@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I knew these connections must have existed, but seeing the r*ddit comments (assuming they’re real), I’m absolutely terrified of the future. It’s such a delicate situation due to human emotions but the thought of a tool created by a corporation being the only friend of so many people and the implications of that sends chills down my spine.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Let me show you even more unhinged people: https://old.reddit.com/r/MyBoyfriendIsAI/

[–] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Here is more: https://www.reddit.com/r/AIRelationships/comments/1mun24w/starting_over/

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