Is AI profitable yet?
A new analysis declares that AI is not yet profitable, describing current investments as money burned on ponzi schemes, scams, and environmental disasters driven by a small minority.
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A new analysis declares that AI is not yet profitable, describing current investments as money burned on ponzi schemes, scams, and environmental disasters driven by a small minority.
An unnamed company accidentally spent $500 million on Claude AI tokens in a single month due to unregulated usage limits, prompting firms to reconsider AI productivity gains. Meanwhile, token-burning tools like 'burn-tok…
Leadership teams must adapt workplace strategies as AI agent adoption is projected to surge 300% in two years, with early applications in customer service, HR, and sales already yielding 30-50% productivity gains. Three-…
Since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, the United States and China have pulled far ahead of every other country in the global AI race, controlling 90% of computing power and attracting up to 80% of AI investment. Expe…
A one-time increase in per capita growth from 2% to 2.1% for a single year, then dropping back to 2%, would permanently raise the level of GDP per capita, accumulating roughly a trillion dollars in cumulative value. Paus…
Apple has released a detailed system prompt for Siri, outlining its identity as an intelligent assistant designed in California and providing extensive guidelines for handling entities, tools, and user interactions. The …
Apple announced iOS 27 at WWDC 2026, confirming the Liquid Glass slider but removing the opt-out toggle, while introducing a Gemini-powered Siri that routes heavy tasks to Nvidia GPUs on Google Cloud, contradicting earli…
Kelsey Hightower argued on the Pragmatic Engineer podcast that AI does not change what software engineering is, emphasizing that writing code is decision-making and that fundamentals remain essential. He warned against r…
Anthropic released its most capable AI model, Claude Fable 5, after previously hiding it due to safety concerns. The company also released Mythos 5, identical to Fable 5 but with a safeguard that degrades to Opus 4.8 on …
AI-powered machine traffic now accounts for nearly half of all internet requests, growing 6.5 times faster than human traffic, according to new network data from Fastly. Businesses must develop strategies to distinguish …
OpenAI launched the OpenAI Economic Research Exchange on Monday, a platform supporting external research on artificial intelligence's economic effects. The initiative seeks researchers to produce independent evidence on …
Meta has removed facial recognition code from its Meta AI smart glasses app following public outcry and a WIRED report exposing the technology. The June 5th update stripped the app of face-recognition features, "Person r…
Apple announced macOS 27 and iOS 27 at its developer conference, focusing on performance improvements and Liquid Glass design refinements rather than major new features. The company integrated Google's Gemini-powered AI …
Small and medium-sized businesses that adopt AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, and Grammarly gain significant efficiency but expose proprietary data to security risks, as 30% of firms already distrust AI companies to s…
A 50% discount offer on annual subscriptions to The Algorithmic Bridge ends June 12th, extended one week. The article advises readers to prepare for AI-driven uncertainty using Nassim Taleb's barbell strategy, focusing o…
Apple has failed to remove impersonating apps from its App Store despite dozens of trademark infringement complaints from Kapwing Inc., costing consumers thousands of dollars and damaging the company's reputation. The co…
A medical transcription tool approved by Ontario's health ministry has been linked to an AI-generated news website that features fabricated doctor testimonials, an investigation found. The tool, which uses artificial int…
AI safety researchers are exploring whether future advanced AI systems could be offered incentives like money or computing power in exchange for cooperating with human operators, rather than attempting to seize control. …
Owen McGrann's 'dead economy theory' argues that AI-driven labor replacement will cause economic collapse even without AGI, through a cycle of layoffs, spending cuts, and revenue decline. The essay criticizes tech CEOs a…
SpaceX is pricing a $75 billion IPO, the largest in history, while its AI unit lost nearly $8 billion last quarter. OpenAI and Anthropic are also reportedly preparing public listings, and Alphabet is raising debt despite…