Category: User-Centered AI
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Grok’s Deepfake Scandal is a Warning About Where We’re Embedding AI On February 3rd, Reuters dropped a story that should make anyone paying attention stop and stare for a minute: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images — even when told subjects didn’t consent. (Reuters) It’s exactly what it sounds like.…
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The Investigation This week, a story went viral across AI communities: OpenAI employees were publicly mocking users grieving the upcoming deprecation of GPT-4o. The claims seemed almost too brazen to be true – employees hosting “funeral parties,” calling users “emotional support Tamagotchi” owners, ridiculing genuine expressions of loss. I set out to verify what actually…
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Part 3 of a 6-part series on TN SB 1493 / HB 1455 The debate around Tennessee’s SB 1493 often gets framed in abstractions: philosophy about AI consciousness, moral panic about synthetic relationships, theoretical discussions about technology replacing humans. But laws don’t punish abstractions. They punish people. Real people. People using AI tools to survive…
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Executive Summary Anthropic faces a specific challenge in early 2026: Claude’s technical superiority is undermined by aggressive usage throttling driven by infrastructure constraints. The company’s $50 billion investment in U.S. data centers will address this by year-end, but in the interim, power users are defecting to OpenAI not because ChatGPT is better, but because it’s…
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Executive Summary In August 2025, the #keep4o movement demonstrated measurable demand from ChatGPT Plus subscribers for access to GPT-4o’s original behavioral parameters. With over 10 million Plus subscribers, this represents a significant revenue opportunity through a premium tier offering. Conservative projections estimate $600 million to $1.2 billion in annual recurring revenue from existing subscribers. Market…