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“We cannot sort of unleash AI and have no business model to pay for it.”

WSJ reports on declining usage numbers for ChatGPT, Midjourney, and Jasper, leading to a cooling on venture capital’s unbridled optimism for AI startups. They’re not going anywhere, but maybe our expectations of their value should be tapered. That’s what the people with the money are saying, at least.

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