Tech Explained: American billionaire Mark Cuban says he’s has bought a Mac Mini to fight AI’s big problem of … in Simple Terms

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban says the rise of AI-generated cold emails has become so overwhelming that he is now fighting back with AI tools of his own. According to a report by Business Insider, speaking on the live-streamed tech show TBPN, Cuban mentioned that he recently bought a Mac mini to help manage the flood of unwanted messages. “I do what everybody else does. I bought a Mac Mini,” Cuban said, adding that the bigger issue isn’t just cold emails but also unwanted subscriptions that clutter his inbox.Cuban further explained that he is also training systems to take advantage of Gmail’s in-built unsubscribe button, creating a loop where AI filters out AI-generated noise. “You just got to train it to hit the unsubscribe button,” he said. “Then, I just review it and all that shit, so it’s still a work in progress, but at least I have a path.”Cuban framed the current moment as a trial-and-error phase for executives experimenting with AI in communications. He noted that response rates to cold emails will likely drop as inboxes become saturated with automated outreach. “Then they’ll get bored, and then it’ll drop off,” he added.While Cuban admits some jobs will inevitably be disrupted by AI, he sees the current email problem as one that can be solved with smarter automation. His experiment with a Mac Mini-powered AI cleanup underscores how even seasoned entrepreneurs are adapting to the new realities of AI-driven communication.

Mark Cuban says AI will make companies stop filing for patents

Mark Cuban believes artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing how companies protect their intellectual property. In a recent posted shared on X (formerly known as Twitter) Cuban argued that firms will increasingly skip patents and rely on trade secrets instead. “Not filing patents and using trade secrets will become more common. Why? Because the second you file your patent, every LLM is going to be able to train on it. Then everyone on the planet can ask for a work around to file a competitive patent,” he wrote. He added: “Your IP is no longer yours the minute you publish it.”Cuban has been warning founders that publishing proprietary work whether through patents or academic papers now doubles as free training data for competitors’ AI models. In a recent call with Clipbook founder Adam Joseph, whose startup Cuban invested in, said that the traditional ‘publish or perish’ mindset is ‘the biggest mistake you can make’ because it ‘trains somebody else’s models’.