On one hand, IMO they’re not wrong - it’s gambling in pretty much all but name.
On the other hand, I think they’re pretty transparently protecting their existing sports betting interests and deals here, and want to be able to wrangle prediction markets similarly.
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NFL Announces Official Partnerships with Three Leading Sports Betting Operators
![A screenshot of the AT&T customer support chat, which wouldn’t have been possible before designers invented rounded corners during Web 2.0.
I ask the following question:
“The phone associated with [OMITTED] has been broken beyond repair. I am trying to set up an eSIM for that number on the replacement phone. However, it is texting a verification code to the broken phone.”
The response from Andi, AT&T’s AI assistant, is prefaced with an ominous “Some responses may be generated by AI.” warning. It proceeds to point me to their “battery and power help page”, offer me a link to “improve the battery life of [my] device”, and suggests to start an insurance claim for a “damaged or defective battery” if I’m covered by “AT&T Protect Advantage”, which sounds like a scam antimalware malware from 2004. It concludes by reminding me that Apple no longer ships chargers with their devices, but you can buy one from AT&T.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5pdzjwkxx3shfxulqmajowb2/bafkreicqus3oz3n3ds5vdoz4njvg2646zkmdjlfsjspon7fxen5qon65n4)
