DoorDash launches a new ‘Tasks’ app that pays couriers to submit videos to train AI

DoorDash launches a new ‘Tasks’ app that pays couriers to submit videos to train AI

DoorDash announced on Thursday that it’s launching a new, standalone “Tasks” app that will allow the company to pay its delivery couriers to complete assignments aimed at improving AI and robotic systems. Delivery couriers will be able to earn money by completing activities like filming everyday tasks or recording themselves speaking in another language, DoorDash…

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Kagi brings its ‘small web’ of a human-only internet to mobile devices

Kagi brings its ‘small web’ of a human-only internet to mobile devices

As AI takes over the internet, Palo Alto-based search engine Kagi is bringing its handpicked collection of non-commercial, human-authored websites to mobile devices through new “Small Web” apps for iOS and Android. The “Small Web,” in Kagi’s definition, includes sites created by individuals, like personal blogs, webcomics, independent videos, and more. These are the types…

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BuzzFeed debuts AI slop apps in bid for new revenue

BuzzFeed debuts AI slop apps in bid for new revenue

BuzzFeed, the U.S.-based media company known best for its quizzes, listicles, and, for a time, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism division, is reinventing itself for the AI era. At least, that’s the pitch. At the SXSW conference in Austin, BuzzFeed co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti introduced the company’s next media foray: a spin-off called Branch Office,…

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The biggest AI stories of the year (so far)

The biggest AI stories of the year (so far)

You can chart a year through product launches, or you can measure it in the greater moments that change the way we look at AI. The AI industry is constantly churning out news, like major acquisitions, indie developer successes, public outcry against sketchy products, and existentially dangerous contract negotiations — it’s a lot to untangle,…

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