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Assertion Contradicted
Luria: OpenAI is a negative gross margin business
“Open AI is a negative gross margin business. They claim they're not, but they are right. Which is to say it costs them more to answer your chat GPT question than they make revenue from you.”
Gil Luria Nov 17, 2025 ▶ 41:07 AI Bubble Special Report: Debt, Depreciation, and Losses — With Gil Luria
Assertion Contradicted
Brown: Leading AI labs lack independent verification of model safety
“The other piece is the accountability, is there's no independent verification of how the models perform. What we get when it comes to, you know, how, how does OpenAI, or how does Anthropic do on questions around bias, what we get from them is a blog post that …”
Campbell Brown Aug 26, 2026 ▶ 19:19 How AI Should Handle News, Politics, Medicine, and Mental Health — With Campbell Brown
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Kantrowitz: Google Cloud Will Sell OpenAI Models Within Months
“I think Google Cloud is going to start selling open AI models within the next couple of months based off of, you know, just kind of a hunch, right? So they're going to be the infrastructure layer that enables all three big models.”
Alex Kantrowitz May 18, 2026 ▶ 21:52 Satya Nadella’s OpenAI Concerns, Google’s Next AI Model, The AI Monet Prank
Assertion Contradicted
OpenAI Plans to Launch ChatGPT Adult Mode in Q1 2026
“This is from Wired. Fiji on the call said the company now plans to roll out its adult mode in the first quarter of twenty-twenty-six. Altman had previously indicated users over 18 would be allowed to have erotic conversations with ChatGPT.”
Alex Kantrowitz Dec 17, 2025 ▶ 22:00 OpenAI’s 2026 Priority, Disney’s AI Play, Datacenter Buildout Trouble
Assertion Contradicted
Roy: OpenAI Forecasts Profitability in 2028 After $7B 2027 Burn
“They're supposed to turn profitable, if we, you remember the numbers, in twenty-twenty-eight, after burning seven billion dollars in twenty-twenty-seven.”
Ranjan Roy Apr 2, 2025 ▶ 5:12 OpenAI Raises $40 billion, Is AI a Letdown?, Musk Sells X to xAI
Prediction Didn’t hold up
The public will see a GPT-5 level AI model by year-end
“Because by the end of this year, we'll get to see hopefully what a GPT-V level model looks like, and we'll learn whether we're on the path to some kind of super intelligence.”
Dwarkesh Patel May 15, 2024 ▶ 2:21 AI Scaling, Alignment, and the Path to Superintelligence — With Dwarkesh Patel
Assertion Contradicted
Siegler: OpenAI's Atlas Browser Refuses to Summarize New York Times Articles
“If you go to a New York times story in Atlas and you say within the Atlas native chat GPT that's baked into it. If you say like summarize this page, it refuses to do it because they don't have an agreement on the content.”
M.G. Siegler Jun 8, 2026 ▶ 31:00 Did Google Just Fall Behind Again?, WWDC Preview, Anthropic Files To Go Public
Assertion Contradicted
Moore: Sora Retains 3 Million Daily Active Users
“So they still have Three million DAOs, and it's actually, you know, slightly climbing over time.”
Olivia Moore Mar 12, 2026 ▶ 49:11 AI’s Unpopularity + Competing With ChatGPT — With Olivia Moore
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Kantrowitz: ChatGPT On Track for One Billion Users by Late March
“Definitely on track for a billion by mid, mid to late March.”
Alex Kantrowitz Mar 2, 2026 ▶ 32:19 Anthropic vs. The Pentagon, Bloodbath at Block, The Citrini Selloff
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Kantrowitz: OpenAI is unlikely to release GPT-5 in 2025 or ever
“Again, I doubt we're seeing GPT-V this year, or maybe ever.”
Alex Kantrowitz Feb 7, 2025 ▶ 26:24 Boom Times For ChatGPT, OpenAI’s Deep Research, AI Super Bowl
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Doshi: GPT-5 is probably slated for release in 2024
“GPT five is probably slated imminently this year.”
Suhail Doshi Mar 20, 2024 ▶ 45:11 Predicting AI’s Next Advances — With Suhail Doshi
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Kantrowitz: ChatGPT will reach one billion users by April 2026
“ChatGPT hits a billion users, and we know it's at eight hundred million now. I expect that it will hit a billion by April next year at the latest, and I think that's a real moment, I think, for AI and OpenAI in general.”
Alex Kantrowitz Dec 29, 2025 ▶ 2:29 AI & Tech 2026 Outlook: ChatGPT 1 Billion, AI Shopping, Apple's Big Year, AI Love Boom
Assertion Contradicted
OpenAI hasn't signed a compute contract for the Abilene data center
“OpenAI, according to the information, hasn't even signed a contract for the compute in, in Abilene.”
Ed Zitron Jul 23, 2025 ▶ 10:39 Are AI's Economics Unsustainable? — With Ed Zitron
Assertion Contradicted
Hoffman: Musk agreed with Sam Altman not to target OpenAI politically
“Sam has tweeted that you know, he doesn't anticipate Elon, you know, engaging in that kind of behavior, and Elon has retweeted those sections saying, yep, that's totally right.”
Reid Hoffman Jan 29, 2025 ▶ 48:04 Reid Hoffman: Why The AI Investment Will Pay Off
Assertion Contradicted
Kantrowitz: Gemini 2.5 Pro and OpenAI o3 Tied at Top of LMSYS Leaderboard
“I'm looking at LM Arena right now. Number one model. It's actually a tie between Gemini, 2.5 pro and OpenAI's O-three. OpenAI takes the next couple of spots with chat GPT-Four-O latest and 4.5 preview.”
Alex Kantrowitz Jul 28, 2025 ▶ 4:01 Countdown to GPT-5, OpenAI’s Stargate Sputters, AI Math Wars
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