Trendkole Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process. A 404 Media investigation was able to reveal Amazon’s book buying operation, which hasn’t been previously reported, by placing a tracking device in a rare book we suspected would be acquired by an AI company for … Devamını oku
The near-bottomless demand for unique AI training data from top labs and corporations is driving a massive boom for a cohort of data-labeling startups. One of these fast-growing businesses is Micro1, a four-year-old startup that expanded its gross annual run rate from $100 million to $500 million over the past eight months, according to a … Devamını oku
Until both OpenAI and Anthropic get close enough to their planned IPOs to release their financials, we have to look to other sources for signs of how well their businesses are doing. One of those sources, Ramp, the corporate credit card and expense management company, has just released some surprising new data: OpenAI has started … Devamını oku
The benefits of doing this, OpenAI argues, are numerous. Users can use the plugin to sort, analyze, or edit their messages directly from ChatGPT. The plugin also works with Codex and ChatGPT Work, so users can use it professionally, not just personally. Abrief commercialadvertising the new plugin shows a user asking the chatbot to suggest … Devamını oku
Creating the internet’s largest dedicated repository of information on anti-consumer practices, one edit at a time. Speaking of moderators and moderator tools, if you’re a regular wiki contributor please remember to check out ourmoderator applications page! Thanks for reading, and happy editing! Pleased to announce that we’re shipping a big new update for the wiki … Devamını oku
Prime Air uses drones to deliver groceries, electronics, cosmetics, medications, and household products. | Source: Amazon Amazon.com Inc. this week said it plans to expand its Prime Air service to nearly 500 cities and towns in the U.S. by the end of 2026. The company said this is a sixfold increase from its current footprint. … Devamını oku
Recovery required several coordinated actions. Teams rerouted traffic, isolated affected infrastructure, and restored services in stages. Most GitHub services recovered earlier that day, but some Copilot services took longer. Errors in those services triggered a client-side retry loop that increased traffic during recovery. We had to mitigate that behavior before we could safely restore traffic. … Devamını oku
If you’re a software engineer like me, the first few months of 2026 were incredible. Coding agents suddenly became good enough that we no longer needed to manually write code. But if you’re like me, then sometime later you hit a wall. The honeymoon period ended, and the novelty wore off. No more dopamine hits. … Devamını oku
“AI data centers waste millions of gallons of water,” Kelce quips in the video campaign. “That’s why Liquid Death and Garage Beer have teamed up. We want your pee to cool these data centers.” Then, as a crowd of people walk through a field sipping their branded beverages, they sing in unison: “Let’s pee on … Devamını oku
Here’s a story from 30 years ago that would make no sense today. It’s 1992. Pearl Jam’s debut albumTenis selling well. But then MTV puts the music video for their song “Jeremy” in heavy rotation, and the band rockets into superstardom—shows suddenly sold out, fans smashing record store windows, the whole shebang. That’s familiar enough, … Devamını oku