Need an extra income? Startup Kiva AI compensates doctors and lawyers in crypto for contributing to its ‘human-in-the-loop’ AI service.
Doctors and lawyers, need a side hustle? Startup Kiva AI pays crypto to overseas experts who contribute to its ‘human-in-the-loop’ AI service Kiva AI, a service designed to develop specialized AI applications by employing human experts to label large datasets, has closed a $7 million seed round led by CoinFund, a crypto-focused venture capital firm. […]
Despite short seller allegations and reported DOJ investigation, AI company Super Micro rebounds
AI company Super Micro rebounds despite short seller allegations and reported DOJ investigation Super Micro has had a rocky few weeks due to a short-seller investigation and a reported DOJ investigation. Nonetheless, shares for the AI hardware manufacturer rose more than 20% over the past day after the company announced it would be shipping 100,000 […]
Attracting Deep Tech Talent from Big Companies is Now Easier for Startups, According to Mytra CEO Chris Walti
For startups, attracting deep tech talent from large companies is more attainable than ever, says Mytra CEO and cofounder Chris Walti Chris Walti knows a thing or two about robots. Walti spent more than seven years at Tesla, where he ultimately led the project that became the much-discussed humanoid robot Optimus. Since 2022, he’s been […]
Wolf, the cofounder of Hugging Face, explains why the advantages of open-source AI outweigh the potential risks
Hugging Face cofounder Wolf on why open-source AI’s benefits outweigh the risks In this edition…a Hugging Face cofounder on the importance of open source…a Nobel Prize for Geoff Hinton and John Hopfield…a movie model from Meta…a Trump ‘Manhattan Project’ for AI? Hello, and welcome to Eye on AI. Yesterday, I had the privilege of moderating […]
Former Amazon VP leading Hershey’s technology revolution
Meet the former Amazon VP driving Hershey’s tech transformation With a dozen years at Amazon under his belt, Deepak Bhatia made a big career change last year when he joined Hershey as the candymaker’s first-ever chief technology officer. “The goal is not to simply take things that were at Amazon and bring them over,” says […]
Dockworkers Temporarily End Strike, Yet Automation Job Dispute Persists as a Decades-Long Issue
The dockworkers’ strike ends for now—but the fight over automating jobs continues, as it has for decades Dockworkers across the East Coast and Gulf ports went on strike this week, picketing against the threat that automated technologies such as driverless trucks pose to their livelihood. After a three-day walkout, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and […]
Wall Street shows signs of regret over Fed rate cuts
Fed rate cuts: Wall Street is starting to have buyer’s remorse Wall Street celebrated the Federal Reserve’s half-point rate cut last month by sending stocks to fresh record highs, but the blockbuster jobs report on Friday has caused doubts to creep in. Analysts at Bank of America and JPMorgan, which was one of the few […]
AI assistants, such as Otter.ai, are exposing negative remarks about colleagues
AI assistants like Otter.ai are ratting you out for badmouthing coworkers If you’ve ever been in a Zoom meeting and seen an Otter.ai virtual assistant in the room, just know they’re listening to you—and recording everything you’re saying. It’s a practice that’s become somewhat mainstream in the age of artificial intelligence and hybrid or remote […]
New Facebook update brings increased posts from unfamiliar users, significant changes ahead
Facebook update brings more posts from strangers, big changes Meta is looking to collapse barriers between its platforms and give users more recommended content with its newest update. The social media giant announced changes to Facebook and Messenger at its Facebook IRL event in Austin, Texas, on Friday, including multiple new tabs. The key changes […]
Broadband surpasses Tesla in the Magnificent 7 ranking
Broadband knocks Tesla out of Magnificent 7 With hardly anyone noticing, a tech titan you’ve probably never heard of has booted Tesla out of the heavily-hyped Magnificent Seven. Can it stay there? The overlooked Magnificent Seventh is Broadcom, a tech company that produces both hardware and software. It’s well known in the infotech world but […]