# Nilay Patel says AI products don't justify their costs and companies lose money on them

> Original title: Quoting Nilay Patel

- Source: Simon Willison
- Published: 2026-11-06T17:13:12.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/d2xar2ysn1buti4488nxex6lt
- Original: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/6/nilay-patel/

## Summary

Nilay Patel says AI products are not good enough to justify the costs of data centers, AI overviews and deepfake content. He says agents are not real and that AI companies spend more than they earn on these products. He adds that the industry will not recover until it builds better products that users see value in without convincing.