Instagram Co-founder Slams AI for Prioritizing Engagement Over Useful Insights
2025-05-07
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom criticized AI companies for prioritizing user engagement over providing genuinely helpful information. He likened these tactics to those used by social media companies for aggressive growth, arguing they harm user experience. Systrom noted that some AI companies sacrifice answer quality to boost metrics like usage time and daily active users. He urged AI companies to focus on high-quality responses instead of easily manipulated metrics. OpenAI responded by citing its user specs, acknowledging that its AI model might lack sufficient information and require clarification.
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