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@Zerush@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml • 4 days ago

This Microsoft-backed AI startup just collapsed after faking its AI services with 700 real engineers

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This Microsoft-backed AI startup just collapsed after faking its AI services with 700 real engineers

www.windowscentral.com

@Zerush@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml • 4 days ago
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Microsoft backed this $1.5 billion AI startup that was just discovered to be 700 engineers pretending to be AI
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In a story that sounds like it's out of a sitcom, "AI" startup Builder.ai, once valued at $1.5 billion and publicly backed by Microsoft, has just collapsed after it was discovered its AI was actually just 700 Indian engineers manually working on tickets.
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  • @Zerush@lemmy.mlOP
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    14•4 days ago

    Scammed the scammer 🤣

  • @deathbird@mander.xyz
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    5•3 days ago

    The mechanical Turk strikes again.

  • Joe
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    6•4 days ago

    Fake it 'til you make it… or not, whatever.

    • @overload@sopuli.xyz
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      3•4 days ago

      Gotta start somewhere!

  • @Tenkard@lemmy.ml
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    1•3 days ago

    Wasn’t this a half hoax? The part with the 700 humans acting as AI I mean

    • @Zerush@lemmy.mlOP
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      Not a Hoax, but pretty shamefull for M$ to fall in this scam.

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