Leaked docs show Outlier and Scale AI use freelancers to write prompts about suicide, abuse, and terrorism to stress-test AI, urging creativity but banning CSAM
Effie Webb / Business Insider : Bluesky: @theopriestley.com and @hypervisible Bluesky: Theo / @theopriestley.com : Check LinkedIn and other job boards, they're awash with these ty...
Leaked docs show Outlier and Scale AI use freelancers to write prompts about suicide, abuse, and terrorism to stress-test AI, urging creativity but banning CSAM
- BI obtained training docs showing how freelancers stress-test AI with “harmful” prompts. — Outlier and Scale AI use freelancers … Bluesky: @theopriestley.com and @hypervisible B...
AI startup Synthesia says it's creating a $1M stock pool to pay actors with equity for the use of their likeness, a first for the AI industry
Move by London-based start-up to compensate those it uses to generate digital ‘avatars’ is a first for AI industry Bluesky: @theopriestley.com Bluesky: Theo / @theopriestley.com : ...
Companies like Etsy and eBay are emulating tactics popularized by Instagram, TikTok, and Pinterest, like algorithm-based personalization, to claw back relevancy
Companies are starting to emulate some of the tactics popularized by Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest to help boost sales Bluesky: @theopriestley.com and @dannygroner Bluesky: Theo ...
Sources: Russia is using bitcoin, ether, and stablecoins such as Tether in its oil trade with China and India to skirt Western sanctions
Russia is using cryptocurrencies in its oil trade with China and India to skirt Western sanctions, according to four sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
A look at UK-based startup accelerator Founders Factory, which has invested in 300+ startups; KPMG says UK VC funding fell from $20B in 2023 to $15B in 2024
The infrastructure to help young companies grow in the UK is varied and well established — If 2023 was the year of downturn … Bluesky: @theopriestley.com . LinkedIn: Richard Dana...
Microsoft quietly launched free, ad-supported desktop versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows, with banner and video ads and limited functionality
In Short — Microsoft has quietly introduced a free ad-supported Office that brings access to desktop Word, Excel, and PowerPoint without any subscription.
Spotify begins accepting AI-narrated audiobooks recorded using ElevenLabs software; Spotify already allows AI-recorded audiobooks, with several restrictions
A new ElevenLabs partnership aims to help authors bring AI-narrated audiobooks to Spotify listeners.
HP plans to acquire assets from Humane for $116M, wind down Humane's Ai Pin business, and add Humane's team, including its founders, as an AI-focused division
- Humane's Ai pin business to be wound down after rocky launch — New unit at HP will focus on implementation of AI in devices
Innovaccer, which aggregates medical data and plans to introduce multiple AI co-pilots and agents for the healthcare industry, raised a $275M Series F
When it comes to data, perhaps no sector has as much of it and in as many distinct silos as the healthcare industry.
Razer unveils Project Ava, an “AI gaming copilot” that helps gamers by taking thousands of pictures of their screen and telling them how to play in real time
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Sam Altman says “we are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it” and that OpenAI is turning its focus to superintelligence
The second birthday of ChatGPT was only a little over a month ago, and now we have transitioned into the next paradigm of models that can do complex reasoning.
Influencer marketing company Later acquires Mavely, which pays commissions to social-media creators for the sales they generate, for $250M in cash and stock
Later, an influencer and social-media marketing company, acquired social commerce app Mavely for $250 million
OpenAI says its board of directors is evaluating its corporate structure, including a plan to turn its for-profit arm into a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation
A stronger non-profit supported by the for-profit's success. — OpenAI's Board of Directors is evaluating our corporate structure …
Meta expects AI-generated characters to “generate and share content” and “over time, exist on our platforms”, similarly to regular accounts
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OpenAI says the PBC will oversee commercial operations, and the nonprofit will hire staff to pursue charitable activities in health care, education, and science
Reality: It's going to take all of Earth's resources, but can build this search engine that kinda works and is trained on stuff we didn't have rights for. Paul J. Dauenhauer / @pau...
Ex-Meta crypto chief David Marcus says there was no legal or regulatory angle for the government to kill its Libra project and “it was 100% a political kill”
For reasons you can guess at, debanking has been the topic du jour in my Twitter feed. Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge News : FinTech CEOs Expose How Feds Colluded In ‘Debanking’ Schemes ...
Ex-Meta crypto chief David Marcus says there was no legal or regulatory angle for the government to kill its Libra project and “it was 100% a political kill”
How Libra Was Killed. I never shared this publicly before, but since @pmarca opened the floodgates on @joerogan's pod, it feels appropriate to shed more light on this. As a reminde...