# Bad Influence story: Gergely Orosz says coding drives most AI spend at tech companies

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-11 20:30. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/c9d5f86a-0546-4fa4-8bea-18b42e4332ea

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Latest update (11-11 20:30): Gergely Orosz says coding drives most AI spend at tech companies

Overview: Gergely Orosz says most AI spending at tech companies goes to coding, with developers as the main spenders. He also says some hedge funds' traders and quants spend heavily on AI. Orosz asks whether this will change, or whether coding is uniquely suited to long-running AI tasks because its output can be checked programmatically. The post is a single X statement, and it cites no spending figures.

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1. 11-11 20:30 · Gergely Orosz · [Gergely Orosz says coding drives most AI spend at tech companies](https://badinfluence.news/items/vn4euaggiquwgcadv9059zdeq)
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