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Markets2026-08-14 · source-backed
404 Media reported the June 2025–May 2026 numbers. Only 5% of surveyed buyers said AI models "worked well," 20% found them not good enough, 7% required heavy editing, and quality outranked price as the top purchase factor. This is a rare hard revenue measurement of generative output failing in an open market rather than a sentiment survey. The taste gap has a price now, and it's about 89 to 1.
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