Listen "OpenAI Hour: Apps in ChatGPT, Sora Drama, Circular Funding, and Amazon Enshittification"
Episode Synopsis
This week we get into all the news from OpenAI, including third-party apps in ChatGPT, developments in the Sora AI video app's copyright policies, and the announced deal with AMD and how it's part of a pattern of circular funding deals. In the last third of the podcast, we talk about Cory Doctorow's Enshittification principle and how Amazon developed into what it is now.Show Notes:Apps in ChatGPThttps://openai.com/index/introducing-apps-in-chatgpt/ https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-announces-apps-sdk-allowing-chatgpt-to-launch-and-run-third-partySora updateshttps://www.404media.co/openais-sora-2-copyright-infringement-machine-features-nazi-spongebobs-and-criminal-pikachus/ https://www.404media.co/sora-2-watermark-removers-flood-the-web/ https://blog.samaltman.com/sora-update-number-1 https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/795171/openai-devday-sam-altman-sora-launch-copyright https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/09/caa-open-ai-sora-copyright-talent-agency.html https://www.404media.co/sora-2-content-violation-guardrails-error/Circular funding deals https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2025-10-06/openai-is-good-at-dealshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-10-07/openai-s-nvidia-amd-deals-boost-1-trillion-ai-boom-with-circular-dealsEnshittificationhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/05/way-past-its-prime-how-did-amazon-get-so-rubbish
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