Turns Out Microsoft Chatbots Are, Indeed, a Passing Fad (Userbase Down Sharply)

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2023-07-06 13:21:18 UTC
Modified: 2023-07-06 13:26:51 UTC

ChatGPT wasn't just hype, it was a marketing gimmick only made possible by massively underutilised (unsold) Azure capacity. Don't fall for the idea that ChatGPT was about LLMs. In short, it is about turning empty, money-losing server farms into advertising.

Summary: As we've predicted all along, since the start of this year in fact, ChatGPT was all hype and it is going away; once the inertia is gone there's no comeback foreseen as rumours say the next massive round of Microsoft layoffs starts next week (can Microsoft distract from it?) and there's another downgrade

13 hours ago in Forbes:

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Turns Out Microsoft Chatbots Are, Indeed, a Passing Fad (Userbase Down Sharply)

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