OpenAI’s User Growth Miss, Musk vs. Altman, Prediction Market Ban

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI misses revenue and user projections, per WSJ 2) Why can't ChatGPT break the 1 billion user mark? 3) Is consumer AI not working? 4) Ranjan makes the case for consumer AI 5) Musk vs. OpenAI at trial 6) Potential outcomes of the case 7) Musk admits distillation? 8) Cloud services crush earnings 9) U.S. Senators ban themselves from trading prediction markets 10) CBS Sports' shameless gambling article --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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OpenAI’s User Growth Miss, Musk vs. Altman, Prediction Market Ban is an episode from Big Technology Podcast by Alex Kantrowitz.

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This episode was published on May 1, 2026.

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