The Contrarian Strategy of OpenAI


A similar type of partnership with OpenAI will probably not be as profitable as search was; my guess is that Apple will be paying OpenAI, instead of the other way around, [UPDATE: I know longer believe this, and explain why in this post-WWDC Update] but the most important takeaway in terms of Apple’s competitive position is that they will, once aga... See more
Ben Thompson • Meta Blocks News in Canada, LK-99, YouTube and TV Advertisers

arbitrary. Even relatively worthy successes such as Google’s or Microsoft’s may be as much the result of lucky timing as anything else. Instead, capitalism is at its indisputable best not when picking but when picking off. In unerringly killing off the bad: the inefficient, the redundant, the outdated or the needlessly complex.
Rory Sutherland • Rory Sutherland
