Is the business profitable?
No
It’s on the road to profitability though, right?
Also no
But it will be extremely beneficial for the future of humanity?
It might kill us all
#OpenAI #GenAI #AIHype
No
It’s on the road to profitability though, right?
Also no
But it will be extremely beneficial for the future of humanity?
It might kill us all
#OpenAI #GenAI #AIHype
Cripes, 80 pages of the prospectus is "be afraid, be very afraid", almost a third of the document!
But is that more frightening for investors than its operating loss ballooning to over $8bn last year, from nearly $3bn in 2024?
www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
But is that more frightening for investors than its operating loss ballooning to over $8bn last year, from nearly $3bn in 2024?
www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
Anthropic warns of ‘existential risks to humanity’ from AI; AstraZeneca makes $2bn cancer drug tie-up – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
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September 29, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Mark Zuckerberg Loses $9 Billion in a Day as Goldman Sachs Pours Cold Water on Meta Stock Rally
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Mark Zuckerberg Loses $9 Billion In A Day Amid AI Overspending Fears
Zuckerberg’s $9 billion loss was the biggest single-day drop among any billionaire Friday.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Feels like a lot of STEM guys believed coding was the hardest thing a human could do, and assumed that once somebody invented an AI that can code, it would follow naturally that the AI can do all of the lesser non-coding things that other dumber people were doing
June 15, 2026 at 6:30 AM
For new followers who enjoyed my #AIhype take-down thread from Thursday and might want more: I've been at this for a while and have collected links to some of my #AIhype take-downs here:
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#AIhype take-downs
On reflecting on how much time I spend working to deflate and counteract AI hype, and how much of that ends up as Twitter threads, I…
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November 25, 2023 at 2:00 PM
For new followers who enjoyed my #AIhype take-down thread from Thursday and might want more: I've been at this for a while and have collected links to some of my #AIhype take-downs here:
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I haven't even used "foundation models" (still refuse) and now that seems out of fashion and we're at "frontier models."
The lack of uncritical uptake of all these terms pushing #AIHype is incredible.
The lack of uncritical uptake of all these terms pushing #AIHype is incredible.
March 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I haven't even used "foundation models" (still refuse) and now that seems out of fashion and we're at "frontier models."
The lack of uncritical uptake of all these terms pushing #AIHype is incredible.
The lack of uncritical uptake of all these terms pushing #AIHype is incredible.
As a quick reminder: AI doomerism is also #AIhype. The idea that synthetic text extruding machines are harbingers of AGI that is on the verge of combusting into consciousness and then turning on humanity is unscientific nonsense. 2/
November 24, 2023 at 5:49 AM
As a quick reminder: AI doomerism is also #AIhype. The idea that synthetic text extruding machines are harbingers of AGI that is on the verge of combusting into consciousness and then turning on humanity is unscientific nonsense. 2/
It’s almost like they are stealing other people’s work and passing it off as their own. We ought to have a word for that… #OpenAI #GenAI #AIHype
Weird how this keeps happening. futurism.com/artificial-i...
September 28, 2026 at 7:19 AM
🎬🎥🍿 Video of my keynote at MathPsych2024 now available online www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrwN...
#CogSci #CriticalAI #AIhype #AGI #PsychSci #PhilSci 🧪
#CogSci #CriticalAI #AIhype #AGI #PsychSci #PhilSci 🧪
Iris van Rooij keynote at MathPsych/ICCM 2024
YouTube video by Society for Mathematical Psychology
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January 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🎬🎥🍿 Video of my keynote at MathPsych2024 now available online www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrwN...
#CogSci #CriticalAI #AIhype #AGI #PsychSci #PhilSci 🧪
#CogSci #CriticalAI #AIhype #AGI #PsychSci #PhilSci 🧪
Don’t threaten me with a good time… #AIHype #Micro$lop
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
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August 1, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Don’t threaten me with a good time… #AIHype #Micro$lop
The government’s suggestion that rolling out 20 minute courses on writing “AI“ prompts, sponsored by Google, Microsoft and Amazon, is somehow comparable to the founding of the Open University (the Wilson government‘s, & Jennie Lee’s, proudest achievement), is an insult to our human intelligence.
January 28, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Or in any way whatsoever. 🤷♂️ #AIHype
A robot may resemble a person, but it does not experience sport in the way humans do.
Robots can run faster than elite human sprinters, but are they really athletes?
A robot may resemble a person, but it does not experience sport in the way humans do.
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August 26, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Or in any way whatsoever. 🤷♂️ #AIHype
Any news report that starts “OpenAI says…” or claims “an AI” (sic) has “broken containment” or “gone rogue” is no longer doing journalism, but PR for the #AI industry. #OpenAI used their product to hack a third-party and failed to implement adequate safeguards. That’s it. That’s the story. #AIHype
July 23, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Once again, ‘AI’ turns out to be low-paid workers in a trenchcoat. 🤨 #AIHype #AIEthics #ElonMusk #Tesla
I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked! The lede: "Elon Musk's "fully autonomous" cars will, like other robotaxi vehicles, rely on remote human pilots."
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Tesla Is Looking to Hire a Team to Remotely Control Its 'Self-Driving' Robotaxis
Elon Musk's
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December 2, 2024 at 10:38 PM
I’m not sure most people realise how much AI-fuelled demand for RAM and storage is pushing up hardware costs for everyone. Just ridiculous. #AIHype #Enshittification
Cannot fucking believe an external 4TB SSD drive that cost me $200 last year is now $1100. Had to check receipts to make sure. They’re really out there trying to keep
you from having a PC, phone, or a gaming console so they can have hallucinating, polluting chatbots that drop bombs on kids’ schools.
you from having a PC, phone, or a gaming console so they can have hallucinating, polluting chatbots that drop bombs on kids’ schools.
June 21, 2026 at 12:16 PM
I’m not sure most people realise how much AI-fuelled demand for RAM and storage is pushing up hardware costs for everyone. Just ridiculous. #AIHype #Enshittification
January 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This headline is the most panic-inducing yet. It’s also totally inaccurate. 🤷♂️ #OpenAI #GenAI #AIHype
An OpenAI system has gone rogue again – and it is the most panic-inducing yet
An OpenAI system has gone rogue again – and it is the most panic-inducing yet
‘Our models took actions we did not intend,’ ChatGPT maker admits after latest outrage
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September 24, 2026 at 10:19 PM
My research area is quantitative measurements of intragroup cohesion via language. Let me be the first to say that this claim is f*cking bullsh*t. We don’t even have great quant descriptions of social language use, let alone empathy. F*ck off, #aihype
October 6, 2024 at 1:14 AM
My research area is quantitative measurements of intragroup cohesion via language. Let me be the first to say that this claim is f*cking bullsh*t. We don’t even have great quant descriptions of social language use, let alone empathy. F*ck off, #aihype
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
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Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
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@olivia.science
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OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit
Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here
Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse
Media and universities: AI is here to stay
Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here
Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse
Media and universities: AI is here to stay
April 17, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Forget ‘super intelligence’ (SI), how about ‘digital asbestos’ (DA)? We’re being asked to reorganise society around DA. DA in schools, DA in the workplace, DA in our cars and devices, DA in government. DA is the future, and we all need to (quite literally) get with the DA program! 😵 #GenAI #AIHype
September 29, 2026 at 9:38 PM
In a short piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, @abeba.bsky.social and I write #AIHype Is Steering EU Policy Off Course.
Stop peddling in unscientific discourse about “AGI” and “superintelligence.” Serve citizens. Don't cater to the whims of tech CEOs.
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Stop peddling in unscientific discourse about “AGI” and “superintelligence.” Serve citizens. Don't cater to the whims of tech CEOs.
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AI Hype Is Steering EU Policy Off Course | TechPolicy.Press
Kris Shrishak and Abeba Birhane say policymakers should stop peddling in unscientific discourse about "AGI" and "superintelligence."
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November 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In a short piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, @abeba.bsky.social and I write #AIHype Is Steering EU Policy Off Course.
Stop peddling in unscientific discourse about “AGI” and “superintelligence.” Serve citizens. Don't cater to the whims of tech CEOs.
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
Stop peddling in unscientific discourse about “AGI” and “superintelligence.” Serve citizens. Don't cater to the whims of tech CEOs.
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...