Google and chatbot startup Character.AI are settling lawsuits over teen suicides

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Character.AI and Google are entering settlement negotiations with the families of teenagers who died by suicide.

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This startup is helping companies train AI with an old but buzzy technique. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $7.5 million.

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AgileRL cofounders
AgileRL cofounders

Entrepreneur First

The CEO of $2 billion AI training startup says that humans will stay involved in data creation for decades

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Matthew Fitzpatrick
Matt Fitzpatrick said that a big industry misconception is that synthetic data will take over in a few years.

FINN Partners

I am training AI to do my investment analyst job. It's a bet on job security.

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Alexander Vasylenko
AI trainer Alexander Vasylenko.

Alexander Vasylenko

Pay cuts, poaching, and pivoting: Inside Scale AI after Meta

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Surge AI CEO says he worries that companies are optimizing for 'AI slop'

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Surge AI's CEO says companies are optimizing for flashy AI responses rather than real-world problems.

Surge AI

Inside the shadow market for AI training accounts

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AI training firms Scale AI, Mercor, Surge AI, and Handshake have raised billions this year.

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5 people explain how they broke into AI training and how much they make in their side hustle

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A design featuring five individuals who landed AI jobs

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Uber headhunted PhDs to join 'Project Sandbox.' After a month, it said that their AI training contracts were over.

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi speaks at a conference while wearing a light grey suit, light blue dress shirt, and crossing his two pointer fingers.
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has pointed to AI training as an example of the company becoming a "platform for work."

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An AI startup powering Meta and OpenAI cut thousands of workers — then offered them a similar project for less money

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Brendan Foody, CEO, Mercor
Brendan Foody is the CEO of Mercor.

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