"Hey Bing AI can I get a recipe that includes cinnamon"

"Sure! Before we begin did you hear about the great Black Friday deals at Sephora"

"Not interested"

"No problem. You're using query 9 of 20 this month. Do you want to proceed?"

"Yes"

"Before we begin, Bing Max+ has a one month trial starting at just $1 for your first month*. Want to give that a try?"

"Not now"

"No problem. With cinnamon you can make Cinnamon Rolls"

"What else?"

"Sure! You are using query 10 of 20 this month. Before I continue did you hear the McRib is back for a limited time at McDonald's. (ba, da, ba, ba, ba) I'm lovin' it."

You don't have free access. The best models have always been safeguarded behind paywalls, you have access to parlor tricks and demo shows. This product was born enshittified already. It's crap that's only has passable use for mega corporations.

We only have free access now because it's still in development and they're using our interactions to train from, but when they are on more solid ground I fully expect enshittification.

it will be enshittified like everything else now and we’ll need to pay yet another subscription to even access it.

Yeah this is why I'm so skeptical about the way it will presumably change the world. It will change things, but the economic relations that determine it's ability to do so will overrule the technological capabilities, since it will be infeasible or not economically viable to deliver on a lot of the hype.

Facts.

The way I understand it, Microsoft gave OpenAI $10 billion, but they didn't get any votes. They had no say in their matters.

MS owns 49% of the for profit subsidiary and has no votes on the non-profit overseeing body.

If they released their models Open Source, we wouldn't have to just believe anything.