@FrontierBDesign Two things here:
1. Great on you for not bashing him for not knowing.
2. Great on him for not acting like he knew and being willing to learn.
@BoomerDivvies Just saw @noahkagan post about how ass these are. A lot of people hopping on the hype train and then realizing it is not as good as they thought.
@randomrecruiter I wonder if companies are going to sue for OpenAI ‘misleading the public’.
Also, to not have a fixed or max price in your contract is kind of crazy.
@Ross__Hendricks Not only are they walking back subscription models but also previous claims that AI will replace a large number of the workforce.
They are changing pricing AND attempting to mend market sentiments.
Today I am leaving to visit Poland.
I think people underestimate them as a legitimate up-and-coming tech hub and international player in the AI space.
I am excited to meet the talent, see the innovation, and hopefully create lifelong partnerships in the tech space.
@meeekaaaahhh I think he is quietly admitting that his previous marketing tactics are hurting his upcoming IPO. He needs to get more people on his side to make more money.
Sam Altman recently walked back his AI jobs apocalypse prediction. He said he was "delighted to be wrong" and that the white-collar wipeout he warned about has not materialized.
But here is the interesting thing.
Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei both softened their predictions around the same time, and both companies are reportedly heading toward IPOs this year.
A calmer jobs narrative is very good for going public.
Are they only softening their position to create a bigger IPO?
Worth noting that Amodei went on record in 2025, warning that up to half of entry-level white-collar jobs could disappear within five years. That forecast is still out there, even as his more recent messaging has shifted toward AI expanding human work rather than eliminating it.
Meanwhile, tech layoffs in 2026 have already nearly matched the entire total from 2025, with companies like Meta, Amazon, and Snap citing AI as a factor.
So which is it? The honest answer is that nobody actually knows yet.
The data shows no broad unemployment spike in high exposure jobs so far, but the layoffs are real and the warnings have not fully gone away.
Watch what these companies do, not just what they say.