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The AI Downside

The AI Downside looks at the costs, trade-offs and broken promises behind AI products — evidence first, pro-consumer, anti-hype.

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'The Claude Pro Is Consumed Within an Hour': A Week of Coding-Tool Defections
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'The Claude Pro Is Consumed Within an Hour': A Week of Coding-Tool Defections

#voices #claude #ratelimits #pricing
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Can You Get Your Data Out of an AI Tool? The Right Exists on Paper, the Button Usually Doesn't
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Can You Get Your Data Out of an AI Tool? The Right Exists on Paper, the Button Usually Doesn't

#airegulation #privacy #copyright
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Microsoft Strips Copilot's Free Features — and Puts Deep Research Behind a Subscription
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Microsoft Strips Copilot's Free Features — and Puts Deep Research Behind a Subscription

#microsoft #pricing #githubcopilot
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'Enshittified at a Surprising Clip': A Week of Hacker News on AI Coding Tools
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'Enshittified at a Surprising Clip': A Week of Hacker News on AI Coding Tools

#voices #cursor #githubcopilot #claude
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Why AI Struggles to Guess Your Age — and Why That's a Bias Problem, Not Just an Accuracy One
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Why AI Struggles to Guess Your Age — and Why That's a Bias Problem, Not Just an Accuracy One

#bias #privacy #airegulation #safety
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ChatGPT Now Guesses Your Age — and Restricts You by Default if It Thinks You're Under 18
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ChatGPT Now Guesses Your Age — and Restricts You by Default if It Thinks You're Under 18

#privacy #chatgpt #openai #censorship
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The Upgrade That Wasn’t: When ‘Newer’ AI Feels Like a Downgrade
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The Upgrade That Wasn’t: When ‘Newer’ AI Feels Like a Downgrade

#voices #claude #perplexity #cursor
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6 min read
The Right to Be Forgotten Is Hard for AI: Why Deleting Your Data From a Model Isn’t a Delete Button
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The Right to Be Forgotten Is Hard for AI: Why Deleting Your Data From a Model Isn’t a Delete Button

#privacy #airegulation #safety #llms
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Atlassian Now Trains Its AI on Your Work by Default — and Full Opt-Out Is an Enterprise Feature
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Atlassian Now Trains Its AI on Your Work by Default — and Full Opt-Out Is an Enterprise Feature

#privacy #atlassian #llms #pricing
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The Subscription Squeeze: A Fortnight of Paying-User Gripes
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The Subscription Squeeze: A Fortnight of Paying-User Gripes

#voices #ratelimits #pricing #privacy
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How AI Models Can Leak the Data They Were Trained On
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How AI Models Can Leak the Data They Were Trained On

#cybersecurity #privacy #trainingdata #explainers
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8 min read
OpenAI Is Testing a Button to Reset ChatGPT’s Limits — For $8
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OpenAI Is Testing a Button to Reset ChatGPT’s Limits — For $8

#pricing #openai #chatgpt #ratelimits
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The Mark and the Meter: A Fortnight of AI Gripes
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The Mark and the Meter: A Fortnight of AI Gripes

#voices #ratelimits #pricing #watermarking
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Your AI-Generated Code Might Not Be Yours
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Your AI-Generated Code Might Not Be Yours

#copyright #aicoding #legal #explainers
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Claude’s Invisible Watermark Marks Even Your Own Writing
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Claude’s Invisible Watermark Marks Even Your Own Writing

#privacy #anthropic #claude #euaiact
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AI Hallucinations Are Still Not Solved
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AI Hallucinations Are Still Not Solved

#hallucinations #llms #reliability
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Why Every AI Startup Looks the Same
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Why Every AI Startup Looks the Same

#aislop #startup #design #hype
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Why AI Benchmarks Mean Less Than You Think
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Why AI Benchmarks Mean Less Than You Think

#benchmarks #llms #evaluation #hype
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The Problem With AI “Memory”
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The Problem With AI “Memory”

#memory #privacy #chatgpt #personalisation
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When AI Refuses Perfectly Normal Requests
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When AI Refuses Perfectly Normal Requests

#censorship #refusals #safety #ux
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Why AI Product Launches Feel Identical
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Why AI Product Launches Feel Identical

#aislop #marketing #hype #launches
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The Race to Replace Human Support With Bots
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The Race to Replace Human Support With Bots

#support #chatbots #ux #enterprise
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