OpenAI Consolidates Around Core Business as Anthropic Pressure Mounts

OpenAI is killing multiple experimental features—including a controversial erotic chatbot mode, e-commerce integration, and its Sora video generator—to concentrate resources on business users and developers. This strategic consolidation reveals how competitive pressure from Anthropic and enterprise AI's profit potential are pushing the industry away from consumer-facing novelties toward commercial applications. The pivot also signals OpenAI's reorientation toward military and corporate partnerships, distancing itself from the AI-generated content controversy that has plagued the sector.