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Microsoft AI Model Beats OpenAI with Less Compute
Microsoft AI chief claims model outperforms OpenAI using 25% less compute.
Startup Fortune · 1m

AI labs are buying data from dead startups
As startups shut down, AI companies are buying their archived emails, code and workspace data to train models. The market is booming, but raises questions about worker privacy and fair pricing.
MIT Technology Review · 2m

Multi-Agent Self-Supervision for AI Self-Improvement
AI system learns to improve itself using team coordination.
Sakana AI · 1m

Musk Buys Cursor for $60B to Build AI Models
Musk's SpaceX acquires AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion to train frontier AI models.
Dealroom · 1m
China's Digital Empowerment for Women
China uses AI training to boost women's digital skills globally.
Financialpost · 1m

micro1 commits $1bn to company data for AI agents
AI training company micro1 will spend $1bn over 12 months buying operational data from companies, financed by Citi and Hercules Capital.
The Next Web · 1m

USA Today sues OpenAI for copying hundreds of thousands of articles
USA Today and its local newspapers are seeking over $250 million in damages, claiming OpenAI used their content without permission to train AI models.
The Verge · 1m

China Might Lap US in AI Adoption
China's AI strategy outpaces US through multilateral partnerships.
Foreign Policy · 2m

ARIA CEO warns AI firms seek free copyright ride
ARIA CEO says OpenAI and Anthropic want Australia to ignore copyright laws for AI training.
Music Business Worldwide · 2m
How to stop Meta from training on your Muse data
Meta's new Muse AI agent lets you opt out of data training in three simple steps through settings.
Business Insider · 1m

Mystery Orders Flood Japanese Bookstores
Japanese bookstores report mysterious bulk orders for AI training.
日テレNEWS NNN · 1m

Claude AI Professional E-Degree Sale
Get Claude AI Professional E-Degree for $14.97 through Sept 29.
PCMAG · 1m

Meta lets you block AI training on your glasses
Meta is rolling out a setting that lets smart glasses users opt out of having their visual data used to train AI models.
Engadget · 1m

US Court Rejects AI Fair Use Defense for Training Data
US appeals court rules AI training on copyrighted material isn't fair use, impacting music labels' battle with Suno AI.
Music Business Worldwide · 2m

OpenAI Contractors Fired for AI Training
OpenAI contractors fired for using AI to train their own models.
404 Media · 1m

OpenAI Slows AI Training After Security Breach
OpenAI pauses AI training after security gap exposed.
Pymnts · 1m

Meta lets you opt out of AI training on glasses
Meta will stop using visual data from its smart glasses for AI training if users opt out, addressing privacy concerns about contractor access to personal images.
Engadget · 1m

AI Training Sale for 59% Off
Get lifetime access to six AI courses for $15.99.
PCMAG · 1m

Times lawsuit reshapes AI options trading
Unsealed emails show OpenAI and Microsoft executives called their chatbots an existential threat to journalism, sparking options traders to bet on a settlement or trial victory.
CNBC · 1m

Verizon Launches $70M AI Training Program
Verizon's $70 million AI skills initiative aims to close the workforce gap with free training for Americans.
Pymnts · 1m

Suno AI Deals Spark Artist Fears
Artists warn AI music deals risk losing control as labels push opt-in clauses
Billboard · 1m

nyt claims microsoft openai stole news for ai training
nyt alleges microsoft and openai used millions of news articles without permission in ai training
Malay Mail · 1m

Tech Giants Fund AI Training Academy for Students
Tech giants back Andreessen Horowitz’s new AI-focused school for students aged 16-22.
Pymnts · 1m

Tesla's robot dream hits worker resistance
Tesla is struggling to mass-produce Optimus humanoid robots while employees refuse to train their own replacements.
Ars Technica · 1m

SpaceX hunts startup data for AI training
SpaceX is pursuing customer and operational data from failed startups to train its Grok AI models at bargain prices.
PCMAG · 1m

Meta's Muse is a data collector in disguise
Meta's new AI agent is impressive at browsing the web, but it's really designed to harvest your personal information.
WIRED · 3m

The mystery of Blue Angel's rare book hunt
A Kentucky bookseller suspects an AI company is using a fake identity to buy rare books for destructive scanning.
Mother Jones · 4m · 5 views

AI bots now outnumber humans on the web
Cloudflare's CEO says AI companies must pay for the content that trains their models.
Fortune · 1m
Why Martin Fowler doesn't like LLMs
A technologist grapples with the productivity gains of AI while rejecting the uncanny, dishonest way they interact.
Martinfowler · 1m

Cloudflare blocks AI shopping agents from ad-supported pages
The infrastructure company is splitting the web between human readers and AI crawlers, putting shopping agents at odds with publishers.
Pymnts · 1m

Microsoft exec calls AI scraping 'largest theft of labor'
Unsealed court documents reveal Microsoft and OpenAI knew their training practices were wrong.
TechCrunch · 2m

OpenAI and Microsoft's doom loop for the web
Unsealed court documents reveal the companies knew their AI training would destroy publishers and damage their own products.
The Verge · 1m

Microsoft exec calls OpenAI scraping 'largest theft of labor'
Newly unsealed court documents reveal that executives at both companies privately worried their AI training methods were unethical and harmful to journalism.
Engadget · 1m

Databricks bets 350 million on Singapore AI hub
The data platform is quadrupling its office, doubling staff, and training 20,000 people as it positions Singapore as its Asia Pacific nerve center.
Malay Mail · 1m

Microsoft exec called AI scraping the largest theft of labor
Unsealed documents reveal Microsoft and OpenAI knew they were harming news publishers by training AI on their content without permission or compensation.
Ars Technica · 3m

Arcee AI hits $1B valuation after $20M training bet
A startup trained four open-weight AI models for a fraction of what experts said was necessary, then raised $150M+ at a billion-dollar valuation.
Fortune · 2m

Microsoft exec called AI the biggest labor theft ever
Unsealed court documents reveal top AI leaders admitting their industry was built on massive intellectual property theft.
Futurism · 1m

OpenAI reads your private ChatGPT chats
Hundreds of contractors review user prompts to improve the AI, but most people have no idea it's happening.
Futurism · 1m

Cloudflare splits search from AI training
Cloudflare’s new setting lets sites stay visible in search while refusing AI training by mixed-use crawlers.
Cloudflare Blog · 3m

Cloudflare lets sites block AI training, not search
A new Cloudflare setting gives publishers a cleaner way to say yes to search crawlers and no to AI training.
Pymnts · 1m

How to Opt Out of Mistral AI Data Training
Learn how to prevent Mistral from using your prompts, uploaded documents, and API data for model training.
Mistral · 1m