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Multiple readings Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions Shared emphasis Major investors are skeptical anthropic ipo can achieve trillion valuation ca965d8b Markets & investment · 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 Development 6d ago
⚡ 4 h early
ChatGPT 404 Media false referral

ChatGPT Keeps Telling People 404 Media Can Solve Their Tech Support Problems

10 experts across 5 network communities independently surfaced this.

10 experts 5 communities 1 sources clustered
joao 404 Media Anil Dash Joseph Cox Damien Williams Sarah T Roberts, PhD Jason Koebler Social Media Lab +2

“Because big tech platforms essentially do not have customer support and make it impossible for their users to contact a human, many people experiencing run-of-the-mill tech problems have turned to ChatGPT, which told them to contact us... no... www.404media…”

“ChatGPT keeps telling people all over the world that 404 Media can help with their tech support problems, and our inboxes are full of clearly AI-generated complaints about getting locked out of Instagram accounts. Make it stop www.404media.co/chatgpt-keep...”

5 experts discussed this · 18 posts
Jason Koebler: In the last few weeks i've been bombarded with emails from people who have minor tech support problems. ChatGPT is telling them to email me, writing their emails, and compiling "evidence packets" a…
Jason Koebler: this is happening because big tech customer support basically doesn't exist and desperate people are asking ChatGPT what to do. ChatGPT is sending them to journalists
Amy Hoy: you have sections duplicated in this piece
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Primary source 404media.co ↗
Established AI field signal Signal 4d ago
⚡ 3670 h early

Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search

11 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

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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Primary source 404media.co ↗
Established AI field signal Development 19d ago
ChatGPT aided Tumbler Ridge school shooter

ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals

9 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Justin Hendrix Olivia Guest Paris Marx Luke Stark Michael Zimmer Amanda Tepski Social Media Lab Jeff Sharlet +1

“Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to …”

“www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...”

2 experts discussed this · 6 posts
Paris Marx: The shooter’s first account was banned, so made a second and ChatGPT explained how to avoid being banned again. It then proceeded to entertain and give advice on violent scenarios over the followin…
Paris Marx: Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC.…
Paris Marx: I read this story and can’t help think of the breathless coverage media has given these delusional fantasies about superintelligent AI killing humanity in ten years, when companies are releasing to…
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Developing AI business Signal 1d ago

Major investors are skeptical anthropic ipo can achieve trillion valuation ca965d8b

2 experts are actively discussing the implications.

2 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Christopher Mims Social Media Lab
2 experts discussed this · 3 posts
Christopher Mims: Major Investors Are Skeptical Anthropic IPO Can Achieve $1.5 Trillion Valuation www.wsj.com/finance/majo...
Anthony Moser: Lol I've thought about doing a thread for amodei but it's somehow less funny that it's only the one look
Anthony Moser: I should adapt this for my altman framework
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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.

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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4 experts · 9 posts · 3d ago
Alex Hanna Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 Social Media Lab Matthew Sheffield
Alex Hanna: Google is now threatening America's schools, saying they will turn off their core search functions if schools choose to entirely block AI. www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫: I’m not sure that people who are like “eh, whatever, use Duck Duck Go” fully realize how much Google Classroom and Chromebooks are holding schools hostage This is a hostile move by a hostile monopo…
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4 experts · 6 posts · 2d ago
Justin Hendrix Social Media Lab Alissa Cooper Chris Marsden
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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