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Mystery company accidentally blew $500 million on Claude in a single month — failed to put usage limit on licenses for employees (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 31 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

They make it up in volume.

(Volume being how loudly they shout about how it's going to change the world and dupe more people into investing.)

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Oh, it’s changing the world alright. It’s burning more resources than just finding some skilled people. It guzzles water and electricity and whatever it cost to make those wafers.

    So, not a net positive since at some point, this may become a hellscape.

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