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Meta has replaced human customer support on Instagram with AI-only support for paying customers, but the AI support reportedly doesn't work at all, leaving users unable to report issues or obtain receipts.
A new open standard called Workbenches lets experts package and monetize their AI agent setups, callable from Claude Code, Codex, or any MCP client, with creators keeping 80% of per-run payments. The standard, CLI, registry, and cloud runtime are live, with creator payouts in progress.
一条中文社交媒体帖子，分享利用AI工具（据称的Opus 5.5与Gemini 3.8Flash TTS）在抖音上快速起号、做科普内容和变现的技巧，包括推理强度设置、话题标签和配乐建议。
The maker of "Natasha AI Tenant," an AI character living in a 3D virtual flat funded by product placements, shares the project's transparency and safety rules and asks for feedback on how commercial AI characters should behave.
Replit ranks in the top 10 among consumer AI apps by user spending but in the bottom 5 by traffic, highlighting how heavy AI users sustain products that casual users rarely visit.
a16z's seventh edition of its Top 100 Consumer AI Apps report finds that 9 of 15 consumer internet categories still lack AI products in the top 100, and that consumer AI usage is broad but shallow, with the top 10% of spenders accounting for roughly half of all observed spending.
a16z 的 Olivia Moore 指出消费级 AI 的商业模式本末倒置：目前几乎所有收入都来自订阅（Top 100 消费 AI 应用中 85% 靠订阅、62% 靠额外用量收费，仅 13% 采用广告），这与消费互联网历史中广告和交易费主导的格局截然相反，她认为订阅之外的商业模式将回归。
OpenAI is introducing visual display ads that appear alongside ChatGPT image generation results, starting in the U.S. later this month, while expanding its ad measurement tools and partnerships to build an ad-supported business targeting 1.2 billion weekly users.
OpenAI将在ChatGPT中推出新的视觉广告格式，展示赞助产品与服务的图片，本月晚些时候在美国开始测试，最初仅在免费版的图像生成功能中显示，且不影响回答内容。
Box CEO Aaron Levie comments on an a16z chart showing 98% of US households don't pay for AI yet, arguing this metric reveals more about consumer AI's business model than AI's capabilities — suggesting consumer AI will largely be subsidized and monetized through commerce, ads, and device/service purchases.
A researcher asks the AI agent-building community whether they would let their agent participate in someone else's workflow, exploring trust, access control, approval workflows, and monetization models for a marketplace of specialized agents built and owned by different people.
美国 AI 付费订阅渗透率一年内翻倍至约 2.2%，但仍有约 98% 的家庭未付费；订阅者 2026 年 5 月平均月消费达 31 美元，且近四个月涨幅超过此前累计。
Toolaby 推出，仅需两行代码即可为 Chrome 扩展添加许可证、订阅、免费试用和付费墙，支付直接进入开发者自己的 Stripe 账户，无需自建后端。
TechCrunch examines the shaky economics behind the consumer AI comeback, noting that while products like Meta's Muse, OpenAI's Dots, and the $10B-valued Instinct are gaining traction, only 2.2% of consumers pay for AI services at an average of $31/month — barely moving despite major model improvements and far below sustainable break-even levels.
AI startup Instinct rolled out a new feature called Instinct Selections that pushes human-curated product recommendations to users, but early reactions on X have been largely negative, with users complaining the unsolicited shopping suggestions feel intrusive and Amazon-like.
Yu Zong shares the path for creating accounts and monetization on the X platform, emphasizing blue ocean opportunities and providing account building advice.
The article discusses the growing dependency on AI for everyday tasks and raises concerns about potential future monetization by companies, emphasizing fears of over-reliance.
A creator questions how other creators are classified as Below Minimum Earnings despite having 500K verified home timeline views, highlighting potential inconsistencies in social media platform monetization policies.
X has launched an invite-only Grok Bot Template Rewards Pilot Program in the U.S., allowing users to earn rewards by sharing and monetizing their bot templates on the platform.
Mark Zuckerberg discusses Meta's plans to monetize Muse through transactions and introduces the Muse Charm, a keychain-sized AI device with a dedicated OS for real-time voice and avatar interactions.