Re:Alphabet's cash burn raises alarm for Big Tech as AI spen...
by dgellow on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:35AM
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It doesn’t matter… are those companies using AI getting a positive ROI? So far there is no signs it is the case, unless you’re yourself selling AI stuff
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Re:Alphabet's cash burn raises alarm for Big Tech as AI spen...
by budsniffer952 on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:40AM
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>are those companies using AI getting a positive ROI?
Yes.
>So far there is no signs it is the case
How could you possibly know this?
Re:Alphabet's cash burn raises alarm for Big Tech as AI spen...
by TheOtherHobbes on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:56AM
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Because there are almost no "We used AI to save money, improve our services, and gain more customers" success stories.
There's a lot of "We fired a lot of people because we're sheep and now we're having to hire some of them back" stories. And a lot of "A few engineers are doing a lot more, but we're not quite sure how to turn that into actual money" stories. And even more "We told everyone to tokenmaxx, and they did, and then we realised it was costing too much, so we stopped," stories.
But there really hasn't been a deluge of "AI has cut costs and increased profits while also improving quality" stories.
There has been a small outbreak of vibe-startups offering fairly generic services - mostly marketing and adjacent - who are doing okay, possibly.
But established tech? Doubt.