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Multiple readings Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions 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 Signal 4d ago
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Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search

11 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · 404 Media
“"We’re also seeing this alongside incredibly risky sourcing, teens posting about wanting to grow an extra few inches. And then we’re seeing AI manipulation from vendors trying to promote these peptides.” www.404media.co/companies-ar...” evidence ↗
11 experts 4 communities 1 sources clustered
404 Media Joanna Bryson Joseph Cox Sarah T Roberts, PhD Christopher Mims Jason Koebler Djamé 🟥 Mél Hogan / The Data Fix +3
3 experts discussed this · 6 posts
Joanna Bryson: So we all knew how to “google bomb” back in the 00s (remember liar -> Tony Blair?) by linking one page from several others. Is there a gemini bomb? how do we do it? (Hard to believe it’s “unintenti…
Lilian Edwards: It's "LLM grooming" now I believe and takes state actor level resources
Joanna Bryson: Have you a Url about that, by chance?
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Established AI field signal Development 20d 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.

Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Alexander Howard
“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…” evidence ↗
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.
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Policy & governance

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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…”

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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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4 experts · 6 posts · 2d ago
Justin Hendrix Social Media Lab Alissa Cooper Chris Marsden
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“Interesting article. But I think the bigger issue is that AI is rapidly becoming a new discovery layer. If publishers prevent AI systems from retrieving and referencing their content, they risk gra…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Research & technical analysis · 1 Opportunity & adoption · 1
Alissa Cooper: The largest search and AI companies announced that they're adopting a common way for publishers to declare their desire to opt out of having AI train on their content. But what does this really mea…
Justin Hendrix: The largest search and AI companies announced that they're adopting a common way for publishers to declare their desire to opt out of having AI train on their content. But what does this really mea…
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