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Reaction converging Character.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't Work Policy & governance · 4 attributable reactions
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Established AI field signal Development 6d ago
⚡ 8 h early
Character.ai bankruptcy documents reveal

Character.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't Work

9 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

9 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Alex Hanna Shannon Vallor 404 Media Joseph Cox Jason Koebler Alexander Howard Social Media Lab Dr Keith Wilson 🏳️‍🌈 +1
How the network is reacting 3 experts are independently emphasizing policy & governance.
Reaction converging

Policy & governance

3 experts

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“Character[.]ai financials: - $13.8m on compute a month, then $10m a month - bringing in $2.8m in subscriptions, sometimes less than $1m - revenue from all sources $5.3m a month Its bankruptcy shows the economics of AI don't work: www.404media.co/character-a…”

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“The circumstances of CharacterAI’s bankruptcy “are exactly what critics of AI have been saying would happen”— @jasonkoebler.bsky.social They, lit money on fire running its product, did not earn much revenue, & faced huge legal fees after causing harm. Enshi…”

2 experts discussed this · 2 posts
Joseph Cox: Character[.]ai financials: - $13.8m on compute a month, then $10m a month - bringing in $2.8m in subscriptions, sometimes less than $1m - revenue from all sources $5.3m a month Its bankruptcy shows…
SwiftOnSecurity: GenZ has no money to goon
Dr J. Rosenbaum: Character[.]ai financials: - $13.8m on compute a month, then $10m a month - bringing in $2.8m in subscriptions, sometimes less than $1m - revenue from all sources $5.3m a month Its bankruptcy shows…
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New Culture, work & education Analysis 2h ago
tech workers AI union podcast

My Tech Workers Have Unionized, 2026.10.05 - Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

4 directory members surfaced this signal.

4 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Emily M. Bender Alex Hanna Timnit Gebru The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute

“Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 87: www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis... in which @js-tan.bsky.social and Clarissa Redwine join me and @alexhanna.bsky.social to talk about bosses' love for "AI" and tech worker power.”

“Full episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...”

Primary source buzzsprout.com ↗
Established AI field signal Resource 4d ago
⚡ 2500 h early
DAIR mystery AI hype theater podcast

The Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 Podcast

3 directory members surfaced this signal.

3 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Emily M. Bender Alex Hanna The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute

“Buzzsprout is informing us that Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 has reached half a million downloads! Pretty proud of our scrappy lil pod. w/@alexhanna.bsky.social and producers Ozzy Llinas Goodman (present) and Christie Taylor (founding). Find all of our epis…”

“All the episodes are at dair-institute.org/maiht3k/. New episodes should appear there a week or so after the live streams.”

Primary source dair-institute.org ↗
Established AI field signal Development 11d ago
Mystery AI Hype Theater ep86 released

Big Tech Colon-AI-lism, 2026.09.15 - Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

3 directory members surfaced this signal.

3 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Emily M. Bender Alex Hanna Kathy Reid (she/her)

“What a thrill to get to interview Keoni Mahelona of Te Hiku Media for Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000! www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis... Keoni, @alexhanna.bsky.social and I had a wonderful conversation about technosolutionism and colonialism in language techn…”

“From Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Big Tech Colon-AI-lism”. Full episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...”

Primary source buzzsprout.com ↗
Established AI field signal Resource 15d ago
⚡ 20 h early
Ghost Machine film screening Oakland

Ghost in the Machine: Film screening and panel discussion

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

2 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Alex Hanna Adam Becker

“This is going to be rad af. Come see @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social at @oaklibrary.bsky.social on 11/14 with a discussion afterwards with @dellsystem.bsky.social, @alexhanna.bsky.social, @khari.bsky.social, @ihetz.bsky.social, & yours truly! Register here: oakla…”

Primary source oaklandlibrary.bibliocommons.com ↗
Established Policy & governance Analysis 5d ago
Open Markets Institute AI bubble policy report

Report - No Bailouts for Big Tech Billionaires: Policies for when the AI bubble bursts — Open Markets Institute

2 experts are actively discussing the implications.

2 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Alex Hanna Mél Hogan / The Data Fix

“Have y'all been following the work of Matt Scherer from OMI? He has a few policy briefs on policy alternatives to bailouts once the AI bubble pops. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...”

2 experts discussed this · 3 posts
Astra Taylor: Let’s learn from past crashes and be ready w bold transformative demands. No AI bail outs. No impunity.
Alex Hanna: Have y'all been following the work of Matt Scherer from OMI? He has a few policy briefs on policy alternatives to bailouts once the AI bubble pops. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Astra Taylor: Have not — will read!
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Primary source openmarketsinstitute.org ↗
Established AI field signal Signal 16d ago

Strategy Playbook for Addressing AI at Work

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

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Alex Hanna britt paris

“Register for our AAUP webinar for the 3rd segment of our Toolkit series on intervening in institutional procurement TODAY Wednesday 10/7 at 3pm ET introducing our "Strategy Playbook for Addressing AI at Work" resource with Cynthia Conti-Cook! www.aaup.org/e…”

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Established AI field signal Signal 15d ago

AoIR2026 'Regenerations': Ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ: North African Language Rev...

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

1 expert 1 community 1 sources clustered
Alex Hanna

“Who all is at AoIR next week? I'll be there with Vivane Saleh-Hanna, Marina Mikhail, and Sherin Guirguis, with a panel on Ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ [MetRemenkeemi]: North African Language Revival's Regenerative Art, Politics, and Technologies on Friday morning aoir26.sc…”

Primary source aoir26.sched.com ↗
Debates gaining attention

What experts are discussing without an anchoring article

3 experts · 4 posts · 2d ago
Emily M. Bender Alex Hanna Alix Dunn
Alex Hanna: We hit a huge milestone! 🎉 Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 has reached half a million downloads, thanks to many of you. We started as an accidental podcast in May 2022. Now, 500k downloads and a lot o…
Emily M. Bender: We hit a huge milestone! 🎉 Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 has reached half a million downloads, thanks to many of you. We started as an accidental podcast in May 2022. Now, 500k downloads and a lot o…
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