An AI CEO is calling out the people who bash AI but can't stop using it

Verb CEO Cyrus Beschloss says AI's critics are having a hard time not using it.

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Santiago/Getty Images Verb CEO Cyrus Beschloss says AI's critics are still using the technology.

He said they will have a hard time deciding between data centers and ChatGPT.

Most Americans don't want large data centers in their communities, even if they use AI.

Verb CEO Cyrus Beschloss is calling AI non-believers' bluff.

Beschloss said critics of AI and the data centers that power it aren't above using the technology.

"All the people that are saying they're anti-data center, that they're anti-AI in general, they're using it," Beschloss said on Wednesday during CNBC's Trading the Midterms event.

He said that when people have to choose between shutting down data centers or shutting down ChatGPT, it won't be an easy decision.

"There's going to be a heck of a crossroads," Beschloss said.

His company, Verb, is a data exchange where users can get paid by selling their proprietary information to data-hungry AI companies.

Users can decide which data to share, set their reserve price, and buyers can decide whether to purchase it.

Verb says its data shows that among people who use AI assistants, the majority of the queries dealt with schoolwork, writing, business, and side hustles.

OpenAI transformed society in 2022 when it released its chatbot, ChatGPT.