A $1.5 billion AI company backed by Microsoft has shuttered after its ‘neural network’ was discovered to actually be hundreds of computer engineers based in India.
AI is all the rage right now as companies laser in on language-learning models like ChatGPT, Gemini, LLaMA and more.
However, one of these AI brands has been exposed as a total sham in a wild scam that’s going viral on social media.
‘Natasha,’ an AI app-building service from London-based Builder.ai, claimed it had the ability to use artificial intelligence to create applications.
From coming up with app designs to writing code, Natasha promised to pump out programs in record time.
AI app-building company exposed as hundreds of human workers.
Builder announced bankruptcy shortly thereafter, writing in a statement on LinkedIn that it would be “entering into insolvency proceedings.”. »