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highplainsdem

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13. I hope they won't get enough from the government to make up for their losses with all other

Reply to hunter (Reply #7)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 02:37 PM

8 hrs ago

customers.

But you're absolutely right that they'll cooperate with government surveillance, and the more data you give them, even in apparently casual chatbot chats, the more they'll keep tabs on both you and every single person they can link to you.

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Ed Zitron on AI companies having deceived users w/subsidized rates they can't afford: There's no way to right this ship [View all] highplainsdem Yesterday OP

If you like your news/commentary in audio, Ed Zitron also has a podcast, "Better Offline" RockRaven Yesterday #1

Thanks! There's also an r/BetterOffline subreddit where Ed posts as ezitron. highplainsdem Yesterday #3

Much love to Ed! BlueNProud Yesterday #2

He's been doing brilliant analysis of the AI industry. highplainsdem Yesterday #4

Yes indeed BlueNProud Yesterday #6

That's kind of the standard business practice now EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #5

It's the extent to which they're running at a loss that's anything but standard. Most users now pay $20 or highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #11

Yup get them hooked at a cheap price newdeal2 11 hrs ago #12

True. But as I said above, we've probably never seen this great a disparity between what customers highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #17

Hard for me to say because I wonder about enterprise customers newdeal2 7 hrs ago #19

They'll make a quick pivot to mass government surveillance... hunter 23 hrs ago #7

I hope they won't get enough from the government to make up for their losses with all other highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #13

Really interesting WSHazel 16 hrs ago #8

I'm sure there are, but I can't make any recommendations offhand. Ed does link to lots of sources, highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #14

I'm pretty sure Chinese AI will be better and more affordable. David__77 13 hrs ago #9

Still with the same illegal-training problem, though, and another surveillance worry. highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #15

Makes perfect sense to me. MineralMan 12 hrs ago #10

Thanks! I hope the correction happens soon, so investment money and valuable expertise will go to highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #16

Agreed! MineralMan 8 hrs ago #18