Acquiring TBPN Is an OpenAI Hail Mary Pass

OpenAI is spooked. Thanks to Anthropic grabbing a series of business, financial, and product wins along with the need to improve finances ahead of an IPO, OpenAI has been making one change after another in a bid to clean up house. The latest move, acquiring TBPN, is a Hail Mary pass that strikes me as having low odds of succeeding. OpenAI is looking for a way to reach consumers, and they think two…