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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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New Models & releases Development 20h ago
Google staff resign Pentagon AI contracts

Google staff resign in backlash over its AI contracts with military

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Shannon Vallor

“Google’s defense is ‘We are still following our AI Principles.’ For a good laugh, follow the link in the story to their current ‘AI Principles’, and read them. Then scroll down to the links to older ‘AI Progress’ reports, and compare today’s Principles with…”

Primary source bbc.co.uk ↗
Established AI field signal Development 4d ago
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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.

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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…”

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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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Primary source 404media.co ↗
Established AI research Signal 4d ago

Scientists are finding ai may make us remember things that never happened

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Shannon Vallor Hypervisible

““Remembering is not simply a matter of depositing information somewhere in the brain. Attention, effort, retrieval and the work of making connections all help memories take hold. Generative AI can remove some of that work.””

Primary source washingtonpost.com ↗
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