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PEnns In other news: Man goes to the beach and discovers water is really wet. Reply
derekullo It's not a terrible model, no pun intended!, … using local AI as a gimmick to attract customers. It simply needs to be priced better assuming this wasn't a 1 week stunt to get your name in tech forums Reply
USAFRet derekullo said: It's not a terrible model, no pun intended!, … using local AI as a gimmick to attract customers. It simply needs to be priced better assuming this wasn't a 1 week stunt to get your name in tech forums Does not matter if AI or anything else. If your enticement gimmick costs more than what the user buys…you are doing it wrong. Reply
derekullo USAFRet said: Does not matter if AI or anything else. If your enticement gimmick costs more than what the user buys…you are doing it wrong. People/companies do crazy things to get their name in the news all the time … see Redbull. Reply
USAFRet derekullo said: People/companies do crazy things to get their name in the news all the time … see Redbull. Yes, advertising works. But a small business can drive itself out of business quite quickly. Reply
Bigshrimp I would laugh, but this story just tells me how stupid people are with the AI hype and trying to integrate it into their businesses and the whole FOMO BS. The AI clown car is busy riding around making a circus of the world. Reply
timsSOFTWARE They can host DeepSeek locally – that's the only way it even remotely makes sense. Reply
usertests timsSOFTWARE said: They can host DeepSeek locally – that's the only way it even remotely makes sense. That's exactly what they are doing. But according to the Reuters article… and mind you, this isn't explained beyond this line at the end of the article: "The bar is completely losing money," he said. "The amount of drinks given away is definitely 10 times more than what's sold." So the unlimited local token gimmick costs electricity, and whatever they paid for the machines, AND they are giving away free drinks. No wonder they are underwater. Reply
Key considerations
- Investor positioning can change fast
- Volatility remains possible near catalysts
- Macro rates and liquidity can dominate flows
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/beijing-ai-bar-pours-pints-of-foam-with-free-deepseek-tokens-served-from-two-nvidia-dgx-sparks#main
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