Reid Hoffman's new AI startup Inflection launches ChatGPT-like chatbot

The "how do we make money" section on their website is interesting.

> We have not made any decisions about how we may charge for the product in the future. That said, we believe your personal AI should always be directly aligned to your interests. We therefore think it's crucial that you are the only person who pays for it, so that will likely be our primary default business model. However, it’s still early days for this new technology. We also recognize that some people would rather access a free service and would prefer to see adverts in return.

I'm sympathetic to the idea that startups need to iterate on their business model to be successful. At the same time, this sounds a whole lot like "we promise that our business model doesn't rely on selling your data, unless we decide otherwise."

The web page is https://inflection.ai/