Change.org will spend $100 million on AI that failed on its site.
Change.org said it will invest $100 million of its own money to rebuild its platform around AI. A study of 1.5 million petitions found its AI writing tool made petitions longer, not more successful. The share of petitions getting even one comment fell about 5 percent after the tool arrived.
Why it mattersThis is a rare case where someone measured whether an AI writing helper actually worked. The answer was no, and the company is spending anyway.
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