20250403 - Bonfire of the LLMs: Gartner forecasts 'extinction' for generative AI vendors

oh no! anyway Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/03/bonfire-of-the-llms-gartner-forecasts-extinction-for-generative-ai-vendors/ Sources: LLM providers on the cusp of an 'extinction' phase as capex realities bite https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/31/llm_providers_extinction/ Digital Disruption Profile: Blockchain's Radical Promise Spans Business and Society https://www.gartner.com/en/doc/3855708-digital-disruption-profile-blockchains-radical-promise-spans-business-and-society Metaverse: Critical R&D Business Insights https://www.gartner.com/en/innovation-strategy/trends/critical-insights-metaverse Previously: OpenAI signs its $40 billion deal with SoftBank! Or maybe $30 billion, probably https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/02/openai-signs-its-40-billion-deal-with-softbank-or-maybe-30-billion-probably/ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aP1zUUcmjk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Cash incinerator OpenAI secures its $6.6 billion lifeline — 'in the spirit of a donation' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/03/cash-incinerator-openai-secures-its-6-6-billion-lifeline-in-the-spirit-of-a-donation/ Sam Altman: AI agents will totally replace your employees any year now! Also, ChatGPT Pro is losing money https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/06/sam-altman-ai-agents-will-totally-replace-your-employees-any-year-now-also-chatgpt-pro-is-losing-money/ AI in the enterprise is failing over twice as fast in 2025 as it was in 2024 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/01/ai-in-the-enterprise-is-failing-over-twice-as-fast-in-2025-as-it-was-in-2024/ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjgdohQk0IY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Apple Intelligence: AI Siri crashes and burns, takes exec with it https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/22/apple-intelligence-ai-siri-crashes-and-burns-takes-exec-with-it/ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcjaov88c8I&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Please send money! It's very helpful! Corporate rates available! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5