OpenAI spat highlights perils of leaning on a single GenAI tool
OpenAI over the past four days has sparked calls for reducing dependence on the use of a single Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tool by technology and startup executives that use the product or were planning to sign up.
On Wednesday, OpenAI confirmed that Sam Altman was being restored as the CEO, bringing closure to the meandering saga at the most important GenAI company in the world. The twists and turns since his initial ouster had kept everyone in the startup community on tenterhooks.
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MapmyIndia's joint product with its group company called Mappls Kogo is a customer of OpenAI.
This dependence on OpenAI explains why founders hugely invested in businesses dependent on OpenAI’s tech were extremely concerned. Krish Ramineni, co-founder & CEO of Fireflies.ai for instance told ET in an exclusive chat, how he was in the middle of signing a contract with OpenAI when the news broke out. Ramineni spoke to ET at 4:00AM PST and said that he is spending sleepless nights
