Is there any rough estimate on what total end-user spend (including ads and indirect monetization) on LLMs is running at? (So not counting stuff like ChatGPT wrappers that are paying for API calls but not charging end-users)

OpenAI has something like 100k paid subscribers at $20/month last I heard.

Why does Tradle not include services in the chart? (The Atlas of Economic Complexity does, so I know it’s in the underlying dataset)

Really got thrown for a loop on Luxembourg because didn’t see any finance or insurance.

The most under-discussed consequence of generative AI is that we’ll finally get to see the version of Predator where Jean Claude Van Damme plays the Predator

Amazing how White Claw became the most traditional July 4 beverage in like half a decade

Better to benchmark against yourself. Deadlift is definitely the one lift where you don’t want to let your ego decide the weight

UniCredit on a tear

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Similar vibes to Facebook back when it was only open to college students.

More like hanging out with your online friends than publishing letters to the editor. It’s cool, but hard to see how you keep that vibe if/when the platform grows