Sam Altman’s Erotica-Backed AI Gigawatt Dreams & Eternal Model Drama

Sam Altman’s Erotica-Backed AI Gigawatt Dreams & Eternal Model Drama
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On October 22, 2025, OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, took to a live Q&A to unveil his vision for firing up AI compute factories pushing a staggering 1 gigawatt of compute a week—because obviously powering your ChatGPT feels like running a small city. Altman confessed he'd made a 'stupid mistake' by using erotica as an example to discuss content freedom, sparking eyebrow raises from camp Mark Cuban. The $1.4 trillion AI infrastructure spend now eyes $20 billion over five years for that massive 'infrastructure factory.' Meanwhile, the beloved GPT-4o model will survive—no promises forever though, because apparently, keeping AI around 'to the death of the universe' is just too much. But relax, adult users might get some 'flexibility,' as long as they don’t request heroin sales through waivers. Finally, the AGI debate is downgraded to a goal of a 'true automated AI researcher' by March 2028. Because chasing mythical AGI is so 2020.

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Source: Businessinsider | Published: 10/28/2025 | Author: Brent D. Griffiths