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I am genuinely excited.

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By the time you read this, I shall be gloriously off the grid. In celebration, here’s an amusing picture Oren Etzioni just sent to me, recalling my fondness for AI-generated bicycle wrecks:

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China catches up

The ultimate culmination of the “no moat => more competitors => price wars => profits are scarce” argument that I have been making here regularly since the summer of 2023, has arrived — and may wreck the U.S. AI industry:

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The month Generative AI lost its mojo

“WeWork’s IPO fell apart.

I’ve been calling OpenAI the (possible) WeWork of AI for a long time.

I will not be surprised if their IPO plans fall apart, too”

– your author, June 10

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The Generative AI Fizzle™

Disclaimer: Anything can happen at anytime in the market; I don’t give stock picks, and as the saying goes, the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.

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