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AI Takes a Bite Out of Mechanical Turk: Workers Use AI to Automate Their Tas
It is tempting to rely on crowdsourcing to validate LLM outputs or to create human gold-standard data for comparison. But what if crowd workers themselves are using LLMs, e.g., in order to increase their productivity, and thus their income, on crowdsourcing platforms? To get a general sense of the problem, they assigned an “abstract summarization” task to be completed by...
North Korean Hackers Strike Again, Steal $100 Million in Crypto
Crypto researchers believe that North Korean state-backed hackers are likely responsible for a recent hack on Atomic Wallet customers, resulting in millions of dollars in estimated losses. Estonia-based Atomic Wallet is a non-custodial decentralized wallet, which means that users are responsible for the assets they store. The company, which supports over 500 coins and tokens, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, claims to...
YouTube Lowers the Bar for Monetization, Opening the Door to More Creators
YouTube is lowering the barrier to entry for its monetization program. The company is expanding its shopping affiliate program to U. S. -based creators who are part of the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) and have more than 20,000 subscribers. The Google-owned company said that the new eligibility criteria for the partner program will enable more creators to benefit from...
Google Domains Shocker: Google Exits Domain Registration Business, Sells to Squarespace
Google is exiting the domain name registration business. This is not the first time that Google has discontinued a product or service. In fact, there is an entire website dedicated to tracking the many products that have been "killed by Google." The acquisition would make Squarespace one of the largest domain name registrars in the world, behind only GoDaddy, Namecheap, and...
One-Man Gaming Startup Wargraphs Sells for $54M and Proves That Bootstrapping Can Be a Lucrative Strategy
Wargraphs, a one-man-band gaming startup with no outside funding, has sold for up to $54 million. The company, which is behind a popular companion app for League of Legends called Porofessor, helps players track and improve their playing stats. The acquisition by MOBA Networks, a Swedish company that buys, grows, and runs online gaming communities, is worth up to €50...
The Government is watching: US intelligence confirms it purchases personal data on Americans
A newly declassified government report confirms that U. S. intelligence and spy agencies purchase vast amounts of commercially available information on Americans, including data from connected vehicles, web browsing data, and smartphones. The report, which was dated January 2022 and released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on Friday, following a request by Sen. Ron Wyden...
Apple’s AI Offensive: New Products and Features Signal a Major Commitment to Machine Learning
Last week, Apple made a very visible and intentional move into the ultra-competitive AI race. This is not to say that the company had not previously signaled its investments in and prioritization of AI. However, at its WWDC event, Apple made it abundantly clear that AI is behind many of the features in both its forthcoming hardware and software. This...
Virtual try-on with Google AI: See how clothes look on different body types
Google, ever eager to embrace generative AI, is launching a new shopping feature that shows clothes on a lineup of real-life fashion models. As part of a wide range of updates to Google Shopping rolling out in the coming weeks, Google's virtual try-on tool for apparel takes an image of clothing and attempts to predict how it would drape,...
Blackbird’s Risk Management Tools Gain Traction with $20M Investment
Blackbird AI, a startup developing AI-powered software for risk intelligence, announced today that it has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round led by Ten Eleven Ventures. The round also included participation from Dorilton Capital, Generation Ventures, StartFast Ventures, Trousdale Ventures, and angel investors. The funding brings Blackbird's total raised to $30 million. For organizations, Blackbird attempts to...
Huffman Defends API Changes, Slams Protestors
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is facing a backlash from the community after the company announced that it would be charging third-party apps for API access. In interviews with The Verge, NBCNews, and NPR, Huffman defended the decision, saying that the API was never designed to support third-party apps and that the company needs to recoup the costs of maintaining...
