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AI Deals Risk Circular Commodification of Intelligence

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Hacker News ·

The article explores how AI companies increasingly buy and sell intelligence in circular deals, where one firm's output becomes another's input. This commodification risks creating feedback loops that amplify biases and reduce model diversity. The trend may concentrate power among a few players while stifling innovation.

Meridian48 take
The piece rightly flags a structural risk in AI markets, but the alarm may be premature given the early stage of these dynamics.
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