I saw this on reddit, thinking it’s a joke, but it’s not. GPT 5 mini (and maybe sometimes 5) gives this answer. You can check it yourself, or see somebody else’s similar conversation here: https://chatgpt.com/share/689a4f6f-18a4-8013-bc2e-84d11c763a99
No one is a victim. You are blowing it out of proportion.
AI is not a scam. People just don’t understand where to use which technology. People using LLMs for financial advice or getting accurate data are not well informed of how AI works. Marketing teams take advantage of this and inflate stock prices but nowhere is any user duped of their money.