# Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns that the AI boom is ‘a great opportunity to go deceive people’

**Published:** October 30, 2026
**Author:** Amanda Silberling
**Source:** TechCrunch — AI
**Language:** en-US
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/theranos-whistleblower-tyler-shultz-warns-that-the-ai-boom-is-a-great-op

The cautionary Theranos tale takes on a new significance in the AI era, when companies that have never turned a profit are raising capital at trillion-dollar valuations.

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**Tags:** #OpenAI

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