# Compute Bottleneck

Cracks in the Foundation: Has OpenAI’s Trillion-Dollar Bet on Scaling Hit a Wall?

The AI industry is grappling with reports of a critical flaw in the 'Scaling Law' that has guided massive investment for years. As newer models like GPT-5.5 show signs of diminishing returns, the focus is shifting from brute-force compute to more efficient reasoning architectures.