[raincole]

> But why does Uber need to spend 3.4B on injecting a useless blob of text

They didn't. 3.4B was their total R&B cost. Don't blame AI for your human hallucination.

[grokcodec]

My R&B cost used to amount to buying the occasional Al Green album, how times have changed

[temp8830]

Why does a fast food delivery service need a research arm in the first place? It's not exactly rocket surgery.

[nradov]

In most large tech companies the senior leaders want to run some vanity projects so having a research arm makes that possible. They can screw around without impacting product teams.

[malfist]

R&D is literally what built uber and uber eats. Research to determine the product and _development_ to build it.