Satya Nadella has issued a shocking warning to companies using AI | TechCrunch

Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on Oct 2. Book Exhibit Table Now. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. Of all the debates raging about the potential downsides of AI, there is one worry causing the most hand-wringing among AI enthusiasts in Silicon Valley. Their fear is that the giant AI labs that sell proprietary models are somehow acting like Trojan horses. The concern is that, as startups and enterprises use AI models from labs like OpenAI and Anthropic, the labs gain ever-increasing access to those companies’ most sensitive business information. The model makers can then use that knowledge for themselves, potentially becoming competitors to their own customers. Those issuing such warnings range from VCs like Jason Calacanis to Palantir CEO Alex Karp. Now, in a surprising blog post published on Sunday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has joined this crowd. Nadella warns that AI users (the “buyers” as he calls them) are paying twice. They knowingly spend for AI token usage but they also, obliviously, hand over valuable data in the process. “You essentially pay for intelligence twice,