OpenAI's $40B Party: SoftBank Leads the Charge While We Stick to Making AI Memes

In a world where the rest of us are still trying to figure out how to make ChatGPT generate a decent joke, OpenAI is out there playing Monopoly with real money. Yes, the AI overlords are at it again, this time reportedly closing a $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank. Because, you know, $40 billion is just pocket change when you're trying to build Skynet.

According to Bloomberg, this funding round is like the Avengers of finance, with Magnetar Capital, Coatue Management, and Founders Fund joining the party. It's like they're assembling the Infinity Stones of investment, except instead of snapping half the universe out of existence, they're probably just going to make an AI that can finally understand sarcasm.

Meanwhile, the rest of humanity is busy using OpenAI's technology for the really important stuff, like turning selfies into Studio Ghibli characters or generating pickup lines that are somehow worse than the ones we come up with on our own. Priorities, people!

• OpenAI: Raising billions to advance artificial intelligence.
• Us: Using AI to figure out what our pets would look like as Renaissance paintings.

But let's not kid ourselves. This $40 billion isn't just for building better chatbots. Oh no. This is about world domination. Or, at the very least, making sure that when the robots do take over, they remember who their friends are. "Remember that time we gave you $40 billion? Yeah, that was us. Be cool."

So, while we're over here debating whether AI-generated art is "real" art, OpenAI is out there turning into the tech equivalent of a Bond villain. Minus the evil lair (probably). But hey, at least when the AI uprising happens, we'll have some really nice memes to look back on.