Without them having a different source of income, yes. Web hosting, IT staff, etc. cost money. Or if the free users outnumber the paid users to the point where the costs aren't covered by paid users.
If you run a gas station and the only people who visit just need to use the bathroom, the business loses money.
I'm not a fan of sites funded by advertising and data collection, so I don't use them. But let's not pretend that users of such sites get nothing from the arrangement.
I guarantee you everyone who downvoted me would be screaming for the murder of the CEO if a school shooting had actually happened, and it was discovered the platform sat on the information.
The process worked the way it should have. Police were alerted to a possible threat and promptly responded to verify.
The fact that this time it was just venting doesn't change the fact that statements like that should be taken seriously until they're proved not to be.
This was a teacher who was already around students when they made the statement. The response was appropriate.
Which pays for the costs associated with providing you the service without you directly paying for it.
This has been the tradeoff for a long time. If the terms aren't acceptable, then don't use the service.
They do if you're using their service without paying for it.
Finding a proof is different than solving a math problem.
Always has been.
How is that relevant to the AI falsely identifying students as cheaters?
Yeah, I'm in infosec and I had to pull browser history of students a lot last year because they used AI to cheat on exams.
That's why I have 6 hammers. I can never find one when I need it
Those don't apply to private businesses
Except this article is literally about the response to AI doing it multiple times.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/openais-math-breakthrough-played-to-ais-strengths/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ai-disproves-a-decades-old-mathematical-idea-the-biggest-conjecture-that-the-tech-has-played-a-role-in-yet-180989189/
https://patmcguinness.substack.com/p/openais-astra-tackles-mathematical
The whole, "LLMs can't do basic math," thing is outdated.