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AlexCoventry | on: Astral to Join OpenAI
They probably have retention issues, due to selling out to fascism recently.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/03/openai-sam-altman-pentagon-d...

I know I stopped using them.

dewey | parent | next
And buying a niche developer tool is helping with that?
throawayonthe | root | parent
i think the point that comment is making is that it's an acquihire, that they bought it to poach the developers
sidsud | parent | next
which AI company hasn't?
MrBuddyCasino | parent
"Fascism" is when military. The more military, the more fascist. According to this metric, the USSR / DDR with its "anti-fascist wall" was super extra fascist because they were armed to the teeth.
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orbifold | root | parent
they were definitely totalitarian, slightly different mix of ideology. Fascist is a fairly good description here, it describes close collaboration of government with corporations to advance national goals. US had somewhat fascist tendencies for a long time now.
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