An ex-UK political heavy is now the chief negotiator-diplomat for Open AI's global push to reshape its corporate face outside the USA. Where pragmatism prevails, so do deals. PLUS Year End Special!
Brilliant breakdown of OpenAI's desperation economics here. The Osborne hire basically screams that thye've figured out brute-force scaling won't work without regulatory air cover in every major market. I saw similar moves when fintech companies hit regulatory walls around 2018, they all hired ex-officials right before pivoting from "move fast" to "please dont break us up." Funny how $12B quarterly losses can turn libertarian tech bros into fans of political operatives.
Brilliant breakdown of OpenAI's desperation economics here. The Osborne hire basically screams that thye've figured out brute-force scaling won't work without regulatory air cover in every major market. I saw similar moves when fintech companies hit regulatory walls around 2018, they all hired ex-officials right before pivoting from "move fast" to "please dont break us up." Funny how $12B quarterly losses can turn libertarian tech bros into fans of political operatives.
That, coupled with CODE RED! (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-18/openai-has-declared-code-red-multiple-times-executive-says), means that they are running out of steam as well as money. There is only so many times that you can cry AGI, before people stop listening.
Makes us think that people still buy people more than they truly buy tech!
(Or ChatGPT suggested it to them!)