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When AI is a big lie

AI is the hottest selling point of any product now. That's why so many companies are faking it.

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Mike Elgan
Jun 05, 1985
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Everyone’s worried about AI that does people’s jobs. But what about people who do AI’s jobs?

Builder.ai, a London-based tech startup once valued at $1.5 billion, promised to make building custom apps super easy with AI. The company, founded in 2016 by Sachin Dev Duggal, claimed its AI assistant “Natasha” could design and code software autonomously. Micr…

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