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0 pointsraincole20d ago0 comments

> But why does Uber need to spend 3.4B on injecting a useless blob of text

They didn't. 3.4B was their total R&B cost. Don't blame AI for your human hallucination.

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grokcodec20d ago

My R&B cost used to amount to buying the occasional Al Green album, how times have changed

temp883020d ago

Why does a fast food delivery service need a research arm in the first place? It's not exactly rocket surgery.

nradov20d ago

In most large tech companies the senior leaders want to run some vanity projects so having a research arm makes that possible. They can screw around without impacting product teams.

malfist20d ago

R&D is literally what built uber and uber eats. Research to determine the product and _development_ to build it.

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