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The Enshittification of Generative AI


Thanks for subscribing to Where’s Your Ed At Premium, please shoot me an email at ez@betteroffline.com if you ever have any questions. Yesterday, OpenAI launched GPT-5, a new “flagship” model of some sort that’s allegedly better at coding and writing, but upon closer inspection it feels

Yesterday, OpenAI launched GPT-5, a new “flagship” model of some sort that’s allegedly better at coding and writing, but upon closer inspection it feels like the same old shit it’s been shoveling for the last year or two. Developers that want to integrate OpenAI’s model now have access to “priority processing” — previously an enterprise-only feature ( see this archive from July 21st 2025) to guarantee low latency and uptime. This is part of an industry-wide enshittification of generative AI, where the abominable burn rates behind these products are forcing these companies to take measures ranging from minor to drastic.

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