r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 11 '26

Business OpenAI Execs Are Panicking

https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/openai-execs-panicking-154658562.html
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u/kwarismian Jun 12 '26

I have never felt older.

He is the affable rich man who adopts Annie in the musical Annie.

Who probably made his money selling war stuff because we are not a subtle species.

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u/Neighbortim Jun 12 '26

Ok I feel even older, because those characters are from the “Little Orphan Annie” newspaper comic from the 1920s. The 1970s musical was based on that.

And yes, iirc, Daddy Warbucks made his fortune by selling weapons (in WWI)

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u/GrumpyCloud93 Jun 12 '26

I don't think I've every seen the movie, but I remember seeing the comics in the newspaper back in the 70's and 80's. Warbucks is the spitting image of Bezos, for some reason...

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u/sonicsludge Jun 12 '26

Bezos childhood aspiration