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Contradicted claims by Ed Zitron, page 2 of 2

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Contradicted claims by Ed Zitron (102)

The evidence goes against what they said.

Claims 101 to 102 of 102, newest first. Page 2 of 2.

  1. Assessment: ContradictedSaid

    “He has spent hours of interviews vaguely mumbling about how the metaverse would change everything, only to give up on the idea the second that artificial intelligence became the new big thing.”

    What happened: Meta's global affairs head reaffirmed the metaverse strategy in a briefing held inside its operating Horizon Workrooms product. The report documents continued pursuit during the claimed abandonment period. (Bloomberg, republished by The Business Times, )

  2. Assessment: ContradictedSaid

    “On top of that, these products are extremely expensive to run. ChatGPT burns millions of dollars a day in computing power, while charging a per-access-token price for companies to plug into its models.”

    What happened: The preceding sentence explicitly identifies this as February research on the hardware supporting ChatGPT. Its estimated daily cost is below either US$1 million or US$2 million. (Computer Weekly, )