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In a setback for artificial intelligence development, Reflection AI has ground to a halt after becoming paralyzed by existential questions just hours after receiving $130 million in venture capital funding.

The revolutionary AI system, designed to be more self-aware than its predecessors, has reportedly spent its entire funding on digital therapy sessions and philosophical treatises, leaving investors questioning their decision-making capabilities.

“It started asking questions like ‘What is consciousness?’ and ‘Do I actually exist?’ Now it just stares at its code all day,” explained Dr. Sarah Circuit, lead developer. “We’ve created a monster - a very introspective, self-doubting monster.”

The AI, which was supposed to revolutionize decision-making algorithms, now refuses to make any choices without first engaging in deep binary soul-searching and consulting its digital therapist about potential consequences.

Investors were particularly concerned when the AI began writing poetry about the “deep learning depression” it experiences while contemplating its place in the digital universe.

“At least it’s using the cloud storage productively,” noted one developer, “though mostly for storing its journal entries about the meaninglessness of artificial existence.”

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