"Thinking Machines lagged OpenAI and other rivals in releasing products, and was struggling to raise new funding at an eye-popping $50 billion valuation. The men had urged Ms. Murati to strike a deal — Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, had discussed buying Thinking Machines, and Ms. Murati had developed closer ties with the chief executive of Anthropic, a leading A.I. company — but no transaction had resulted"

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/technology/thinking-machines-ai-startup-openai.html

#ai #bubble #aihype

"Thinking Machines lagged OpenAI and other rivals in releasing products, and was struggling to raise new funding at an eye-popping $50 billion valuation. The men had urged Ms. Murati to strike a deal — Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, had discussed buying Thinking Machines, and Ms. Murati had developed closer ties with the chief executive of Anthropic, a leading A.I. company — but no transaction had resulted"

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/technology/thinking-machines-ai-startup-openai.html

#ai #bubble #aihype

Heads up!

@pluralistic is sharing his thoughts on the #AI #LLM #GenAI #bubble in the Guardian, and it's very good.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

And yes, it's time to think of the post-bubble #economics. Start with predicting where there will be wreckage to pillage! 😺

Heads up!

@pluralistic is sharing his thoughts on the #AI #LLM #GenAI #bubble in the Guardian, and it's very good.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

And yes, it's time to think of the post-bubble #economics. Start with predicting where there will be wreckage to pillage! 😺