Monologue: OpenAI Could Kill SoftBank and Oracle
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Monologue: OpenAI Could Kill SoftBank and Oracle

In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron runs you through how OpenAI’s collapse could mortally wound SoftBank, throw the Paramount/Warner Brothers deal into chaos, kill Oracle, and destroy Larry Ellison’s empire.

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