Companies are investing tens of billions of dollars in generative AI with little to show for it.
AI Is Failing at an Overwhelming Majority of Companies Using It, MIT Study Finds
Recent figures by MIT found that 95 percent of generative AI pilots are failing, with some drastic implications for the spending bubble.
AI is probably not a bubble
AI companies have revenue, demand, and paths to immense value
AI is probably not a bubble
AI companies have revenue, demand, and paths to immense value
These billion-dollar AI startups have no products, no revenue and eager investors
A new wave of startups some have dubbed “neolabs” are focusing on long-term research and developing new AI models over immediate profits.
These Billion-Dollar AI Startups Have No Products, No Revenue and Eager Investors
A new wave of startups some have dubbed “neolabs” are focusing on long-term research and developing new AI models over immediate profits.
The Economy Has Spoken: Stuff That’s AI-Generated Has Almost Zero Value
3D assets marketplace CGTrader is being flooded by AI slop, but nobody is buying it, suggesting AI isn't "repricing the market."
Meredith Whittaker on Twitter / X
Now that even Goldman, Sequoia, and other major investors are calling it, it's good to remember that the shakiness of the AI market, and the mismatch between capex and ROI, has been clear for a long time to those of us who look closely at the political economy of AI. https://t.co/dLLNAcW5Sn— Meredith Whittaker (@mer__edith) July 30, 2024
AI Agents Will Be The Key To Achieving ROI From AI
AI agents are emerging as a crucial type of application for enterprises looking to derive more value from their AI investments in the near term.
"AI" is Automated Inequality
Tech bros still dominate the discussions about so-called "AI" with false claims. Even most "AI"-critical researchers spend much of their time meticulously debunking (always only a subset of) claims, leaving vast areas of the economic consequences of "AI" unexplored. (Even the "AI"-evangelist Economi
The ‘productivity paradox’ of AI adoption in manufacturing firms | MIT Sloan
Companies that adopt industrial artificial intelligence see productivity losses before longer-term gains, according to new research.
AI and the Fall? of the Creative Class
America is Losing Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs in Media, Film & the Arts. How Much is AI to Blame?
AI Is Quietly Changing Who Gets to Build Software
What If Universities No Longer Need Edtech Companies?
Pluralistic: Google’s AI pricing plan (21 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Google is spending a lot on AI, but what's not clear is how Google will make a lot from AI. Or, you know, even break even. Given, you know, that businesses are seeing zero return from AI:
The AI Industry Has a Major Problem: Most People Aren’t Freaks Who Want an AI Agent Running Their Whole Life
There's a problem for AI agents like Meta's Muse: ordinary people don't seem very interested in what they're offering.
