If that's correct, the tech firms shouldn't have any issues defending themselves. The accusation, though, is that they *knew* the channels were suspicious.

This seems like a market opportunity.

Amazon started out by just selling books. They just bought them wholesale like every other bookstore. As they gained market share, more publishers and authors wanted their books on Amazon's site.

It would be great if a startup decided to use AI to read audio books. The first takers would be smaller publishers and authors who wanted exposure, plus classic literature that's out of copyright. If they could gain enough momentum, they might be able to start getting more popular authors and publishers on board.

I don't care if it's a rounding error, or if it's Toyota or Intel. Selling through channels that are known to be supplying criminals is not OK.

Pharmacist to judge: "It's not my problem that this guy kept coming to my store and buying enough Oxy to kill a horse every day! And besides, my sales to this guy were just a tiny fraction of my business!" Yeah that's not going to fly. The transaction was legal, nothing was stolen. But if the pharmacist knew, or should have known, that no one person could possibly need that much Oxy, the pharmacist is complicit and liable.

Maybe not GPS, but yes, I *would* expect reputable manufacturers to shut down shady distribution channels, particularly if they *knew* the channels were shady.

Or maybe, Ukrainians who live in the US are outraged that US companies are contributing to the slaughter of their people.

There, that's the password. Don't tell anyone!

As a long-time volunteer training urban youth in trade skills, what I observed is that daddy isn't around, at all. I personally drove some of them to businesses to apply for jobs, because their parents couldn't or wouldn't. Yeah, it's tough for these kids, but I have seen some work their way out of poverty, given a chance.

Can it read the book to me, instead of making me buy the audio book?

I would agree with you *if* the chip makers are selling their chips in good faith. If, however, they are selling them through questionable channels, and they knew or should have known that the chips were destined for Russia and/or Iran, then they would be complicit in the misuse of the technology.

A gun store that knowingly sells guns to gang members, is complicit in the crimes committed by the gangs.

Font of America!

We don't want a font from another country!

While they're at it, they should change its name to "Font of America." Catchy don't you think?

They should definitely rename the font! I mean, Times New *Roman* doesn't put the emphasis on the right company. It's *OUR* font, dad gummit!

Agreed. Quality is quality, AI or not. If you hadn't told me it was AI-generated, I wouldn't have known. There's plenty of stuff like that out there, even before AI was a thing. Show me a funny / catchy ad made with AI, I don't care about the AI part of it.

While I agree that the ad was awful, I don't get your take on McDonald's prices. That's the one thing they do have going for them.

Where else are you going to get a egg and sausage muffin for under $5? Chick-Fil-A sells them for over $7.

And you can tell by watching the influencer's video, that they *follow* their "free and easy" return policy. Great move! (Those who are squirrely about returns, don't exactly announce it.)