If feels weird that this is happening on the same day that Reddit is also limiting their API. Both are citing AI as a major reason for this.
It’s suicidal for the platform, I think it’ll be reversed - in less than 24 hours probably.
In the unlikely event it isn’t, there’s more to this. Wild conspiracy: OpenAI is about to open source their code. Sam Altman is on the board at Reddit and gave them a heads up, maybe Twitter caught wind of this and is locking things down whilst they still can
As always, follow the money. Yesterday was the last day of the financial quarter. Q3 reporting starts today. What better way to show that hockey stick graph to investors?
It’s suicidal for the platform, I think it’ll be reversed - in less than 24 hours probably.
In the unlikely event it isn’t, there’s more to this. Wild conspiracy: OpenAI is about to open source their code. Sam Altman is on the board at Reddit and gave them a heads up, maybe Twitter caught wind of this and is locking things down whilst they still can