Mastodawn

All of tech is up to its armpits in liars, con men, and grifters and AI is no exception.

Stability AI became a $1 billion company with the help of a viral AI text-to-image generator and some misleading claims from founder Emad Mostaque.

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@evacide Right! And whatever happened to that guy who (dubiously) claimed to have invented email?

And it's not limited to Tech: look up Pedro Paulet, who claimed he invented the liquid-fueled rocket before Robert Goddard.