Consumers Will Never Pay for AI

Only 2.2% of US households pay for AI, and the top 1% of spenders outspend the bottom half combined. NLW digs into a16z's new consumer AI rankings and the argument it set off over whether the other 98% are early adopters in waiting or people who will never buy an AI subscription at all. In the headlines: Reflection AI's Beam open model lands, New York City holds an existential risk hearing, and Microsoft and Meta slash their Claude spending. The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: https://pod.link/1680633614 Get it ad free at http://patreon.com/aidailybrief Learn more about the show https://aidailybrief.ai/