• monotremata@lemmy.ca
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    23 hours ago

    I mean, it is also that OpenAI cornered the RAM market, which is a typical price gouging scenario; it’s just weird that OpenAI wasn’t trying to make money directly through the maneuver. It does seem like they wanted prices to rise, though, to increase the barrier to competition.

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      20 hours ago

      It’s almost like unregulated capitalism is a certain highway to oligarchy and authoritarianism.