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Illinois Drops the Hammer on AI Companies. Pritzker isn't playing. (gizmodo.com)
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[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 6 points 15 hours ago

Revenue and profit/loss are not the same thing. Revenue only counts the money they bring in BEFORE any expenses or losses, and is used precisely to avoid the issue you raised. That said, it is still possible to get around it, but it's not quite as trivial as just spending more.