Inside the lucrative, surreal, and disturbing world of AI trainers

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Krista Pawolski
Krista Pawloski, 55, has been a data annotator since 2006.

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We asked Grok, ChatGPT, and Gemini about Elon Musk's chances of unlocking the full $1 trillion in his pay proposal

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Grok gave Elon Musk a 15% chance of scoring his $1 trillion payout. Gemini said the likelihood were "effectively zero."

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Venezuela Claims Trump’s Video of Strike Against Suspected Drug Smugglers Is AI

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Smuggling Venezuela

AI’s ‘Zoom and Enhance’ Is Bullshit

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President Donald Trump exits the White House and walks to his motorcade, en route to the Trump National Golf Club on September 1, 2025, in Washington, DC (left) with the image

The most popular AI apps might not be what you'd expect

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Ani, the chatbot from Grok
"Ani", the chatbot from XAI's Grok app.

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Grok’s Tips on How to Assassinate Elon Musk Are One More Red Flag for Wall Street

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Billionaire oligarch Elon Musk at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on Feb.

Elon Musk’s New Software Company Is the Opposite of Microsoft

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Elon Musk

Even Elon Musk’s Fans Are Making Fun of Him Now

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OpenAI's o3 faced off against xAI's Grok 4 in a chess tournament. It swept the board.

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A chess board

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JD Vance says he used Grok to help make a customized children's book

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JD Vance
Vance said he's "not an AI guy" but that his kids "loved" the images he generated for a children's book they made together.

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