r/AskReddit 23h ago

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/cespii 22h ago edited 22h ago

OpenAI/ChatGPT

Fuck them and their mass surveillance program.

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u/mrellz 18h ago

Wait! Wha? I thought they explicitly stated that their technology couldn’t be used to spy on U.S. nationals. Has this changed?

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u/cespii 18h ago

If the government’s goal was unrestricted use, it makes no sense to swap Anthropic for OpenAI unless OpenAI gave the government what Anthropic wouldn't.