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Uber is building a fleet of gig workers to label data for AI models
Uber is expanding its fleet of gig workers and creating a new category: AI annotation and data labeling. The ride-hailing company has started hiring contractors for a new AI and data labeling division called Scaled Solutions. These workers complete projects for Uber’s internal business units […]
Roblox starts offering 25% more game currency for web purchases
As scrutiny around Apple and Google’s app store fees tightens around the world, gaming platform Roblox has now started to offer an additional 25% game currency Robux for purchases on the web and gift cards as compared to mobile platforms. In essence, the company is […]
Uber’s latest gig economy play is offering out coders for hire
Bloomberg reports that Uber has started farming out independent contractors for data-labeling services as well as coders-for-hire. Uber describes its new Scaled Solutions division as a platform of “analysts, testers and independent data operators,” according to the company’s website. Scaled Solutions began life as an […]
8 Early Black Friday TV Deals to Grab Ahead of the Madness
TV brands are taking prices down a notch ahead of Black Friday for some of the best deals of the year.
Ai2 releases new language models competitive with Meta’s Llama
There’s a new AI model family on the block, and it’s one of the few that can be reproduced from scratch. On Tuesday, Ai2, the nonprofit AI research organization founded by the late Paul Allen, released OLMo 2, the second family of models in its […]
Google to test plain ‘blue link’ results for hotel searches in EU markets in latest DMA twist
Google has announced it’s making more changes to how it displays search results in the European Union in response to continued complaints that it’s failing to comply with the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). This will include what it bills as a “short test” of […]
The PS5 Access controller is on sale in a Black Friday PlayStation deal
There are a bunch of Black Friday deals on PlayStation products, but here’s one that was perhaps a little unexpected. The PS5 Access controller has dropped to $59, which is a record low price. It’s slightly over a third off the list price of $90. […]
In court filing, Drake alleges UMG and Spotify artificially inflated popularity of diss track ‘Not Like Us’
The longstanding feud between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar is heating up. Drake — via a business entity called Frozen Moments LLC — filed a petition yesterday in a New York Supreme Court accusing distributor Universal Music Group (UMG) of artificially inflating the popularity of […]
Spotify debuts marketing tools and insights for audiobook authors
Spotify on Tuesday introduced a new set of tools for authors and publishers distributing their audiobooks on its platform with the launch of the Spotify for Authors platform. Similar to its existing efforts, Spotify for Artists and Spotify for Creators (previously Podcasters), Spotify for Authors […]