Mastodawn

it's so adorable watching them sheepishly start to admit there's a disconnect between the huge outpouring of AI money and actual impact and profitability

Uber burned through its entire...

Uber burned through its entire 2026 AI budget in four months. Now its COO is questioning whether it’s worth it

The rideshare giant's COO says “it’s very hard to draw a line” between rising AI costs and useful features for customers.

Fortune

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Karl Bode 4d ago

if you see some AI booster being hyper defensive about the financial realities underpinning all of this, make sure to write a note on your phone about exactly what they claimed, and bring it up to them 12 months from now. I'm sure they'll appreciate it!

Well, tbqh making a leaderboard for an automatable task couldn't have helped either

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standev 3d ago

@TeflonTrout an automatable task that costs money, even