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229 Surge AI CEO says he worries that companies are optimizing for 'AI slop' instead of curing cancer

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Shubhangi Goel @ Business Insider · 12/08/2025 00:08 EDT

Surge AI CEO says he worries that companies are optimizing for 'AI slop' instead of curing cancer

"We're basically teaching our models to chase dopamine instead of truth," said Edwin Chen.

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