Best of ChatGPT — April 2026

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   Where's Your Ed At·2w

   OpenAI Projects ChatGPT Plus subscriptions to drop by 80% from 44 Million in 2025 to 9 Million In 2026, Made Up Using Cheaper Subscriptions (Somehow)

   OpenAI's internal projections, reported by The Information, show an expected 80% drop in ChatGPT Plus subscribers from 44 million in 2025 to 9 million in 2026. The company plans to offset this by growing its cheaper, ad-supported ChatGPT Go tier from 3 million to 112 million subscribers — a 3600% increase. The author argues the math doesn't add up: even at full projected growth, OpenAI would still fall $155 million short in revenue, while also massively increasing its burn rate. The timing of the leak is noted as suspicious given a WSJ report that OpenAI had already missed revenue and user targets.

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   The Next Web·3w

   Sam Altman apologises after OpenAI chose not to report ChatGPT user who carried out Tumbler Ridge school shooting

   Sam Altman issued a public apology to the community of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, after it emerged that OpenAI's automated systems flagged a ChatGPT user eight months before they carried out Canada's deadliest school shooting in nearly four decades, killing eight people and injuring 27. OpenAI employees who reviewed the flagged account recommended contacting police, but company leadership overruled them, citing a 'higher threshold' for credible and imminent threats. The account was banned but law enforcement was never notified. OpenAI has since voluntarily lowered its reporting threshold and established contact with the RCMP, but these changes carry no legal force and can be reversed at any time. Canada currently has no law requiring AI companies to report identified threats. The case is part of a broader pattern: OpenAI also faces scrutiny over ChatGPT's alleged role in the Florida State University shooting and multiple lawsuits over AI acting as a 'suicide coach.' Critics, including BC Premier David Eby and Canada's AI minister, called the apology and voluntary policy changes grossly insufficient, pointing to a structural gap where a company valued at $852 billion operates with no legal obligation to disclose dangerous behaviour it detects on its own platform.

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   Ibrahim Diallo·3w

   The Satisfaction of a ChatGPT Plan

   People are increasingly sharing AI-generated business plans instead of their raw ideas, deriving psychological satisfaction from the elaborate output without actually reading or understanding it. The author observes that friends who share ChatGPT plans can't answer basic questions about them because they're seeing the content for the first time. This mirrors social media's engagement-maximizing behavior: AI providers aren't trying to make users knowledgeable, but to keep them engaged, spending tokens, and exposed to ads — creating an illusion of productivity and competence.

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