Nicole Ripka

Among the big participants, Google and OpenAI have the most full-stack ambitions

Facebook itself is a platform (there are users, publishers, merchants, advertisers, etc) but it's a platform that is dependent on other platforms , such as the mobile operating system (Google Android, Apple iOS) and the consumer device (Samsung Galaxy, Apple iPhone, etc). This has strategically distinguished Meta from other BigTech companies , such... See more

In fact, as Scott Galloway has reported, 94 percent of YouTube views come from 4 percent of videos, and 89 percent of TikTok views come from 5 percent of videos

On the other hand — and I hope I conveyed this in the Article — I really do think that OpenAI has seriously erred by not aggressively building out an advertising model. Google and Meta are years ahead of OpenAI in this regard, which lets them compete with ChatGPT using cash flow today; OpenAI is promising revenues in the future, but from what?... See more

It’s a lesson from transport that needs to be heard: if we wish to minimise harms, we need intelligent regulation.