The least surprising chapter of the Manus story is what’s happening right now

Did anyone think there would not be a reckoning over this tie-up?

Mercor competitor Deccan AI raises $25M, sources experts from India

Deccan AI concentrates its workforce in India to manage quality in a fast-growing but fragmented AI training market.

Reddit may ask you to prove you’re human as it cracks down on bot accounts

Reddit is cracking down on bots with new human verification checks for suspicious accounts. It also plans clearer labels for automated profiles so you can tell if you are interacting with software.

The AI skills gap is here, says AI company, and power users are pulling ahead

Anthropic finds AI isn’t replacing jobs yet, but early data shows growing inequality as experienced users gain an edge, raising concerns about future displacement and workforce divides.

Meta is laying off hundreds of employees as it pours money into AI
Meta is laying off hundreds of employees as it pours money into AI

Meta is laying off hundreds of employees across its company, according to reports from The New York Times, NBC News, and The Information. The job cuts impact workers on Meta’s recruiting, social media, and sales teams, along with Reality Labs, the division that develops the company’s smart glasses and virtual reality headsets. “Teams across Meta […]

Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’

Google’s TurboQuant has the internet joking about Pied Piper from HBO’s “Silicon Valley.” The compression algorithm promises to shrink AI’s “working memory” by up to 6x, but it’s still just a lab experiment for now.

Disney’s big bets on the metaverse and AI slop aren’t going so well
Disney’s big bets on the metaverse and AI slop aren’t going so well

Less than a week into his tenure as Disney’s newly appointed CEO, Josh D’Amaro, is already dealing with two separate crises that have cast a shadow over the company’s future plans. OpenAI is shutting down its Sora image-generation program just months after Disney announced a $1 billion dollar collaboration to bake the tech into Disney […]

Melania Trump wants a robot to homeschool your child

The First Lady sees AI and robotics playing a prominent role in the future of American education.

Can you monitor a situation without monitors? The Polymarket sports bar tried
Can you monitor a situation without monitors? The Polymarket sports bar tried

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Bernie Sanders and AOC propose a ban on data center construction

Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced companion legislation to halt construction on new data centers until Congress passes comprehensive AI regulation.