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Nilay Patel: AI products not good enough to justify data center costs

Quoting Nilay Patel, Simon Willison highlights criticism that AI products are not good enough to sell people on the costs, citing data center noise and underwhelming outputs like AI overviews.

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  1. 2026-11-06 17:13 · Simon Willison's Weblog
    Quoting Nilay Patel

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