This Startup Wants YouTube Creators to Get Paid for AI Training Data

Linden Lab has spent $1.3B building Second Life and paid $1.1B to creators

Linden Lab has spent $1.3 billion building the Second Life virtual world, which debuted back in 2003 in the first era of the metaverse.

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AI Power Needs Fuel Geothermal Startups, But Natural Gas Remains a Rival

Big Tech’s power needs for AI computing keep growing, but geothermal sources may have to take a back seat to natural gas plants as major oil companies step up investment in them.

Inc. - 2d

Why YouTube's spectacular rise from startup to media juggernaut should get more respect

Investors in Google-parent Alphabet are now faced with a different, strangely positive kind of uncertainty concerning YouTube.

CNBC - 2d

Accelerating semiconductor innovation with AI and data insights

The Semiconductor industry is the innovation engine of the world. As Moore's Law slows down, new devices architecture emerges. PDF Solutions creates unique data and uses AI to enable insights and ...

CBS News - 3d

Health AI startup Suki expands partnership with Google Cloud to deliver more assistive tech for clinicians

Health-care AI startup Suki is building patient summary and Q&A features using Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform.

CNBC - 3d

YouTube partners with CAA to help celebrities manage digital likeness in AI content

The partnership will give CAA-represented actors and athletes access to YouTube's tools to manage and identify AI content that shows their digital likeness.

Los Angeles Times - 4d

UK kicks off review into training AI models on copyrighted content

The U.K. government said Tuesday it's consulting on measures to regulate the use of copyrighted content by tech companies to train their AI models.

CNBC - 4d

Pacific Drive Is Getting A TV Adaptation From Saw Co-Creator James Wan

James Wan's production company, Atomic Monster, has acquired the rights to adapt Pacific Drive into a television series, Variety reports. Developed by Ironwood Studios, the game challenges ...

GameSpot - 4d

UK looks at forcing greater transparency on AI training models

Consultation could see easier access to copyrighted works but require tech groups to be clearer on what they have used

Financial Times - 4d

How to get paid way more in 2025

To secure a pay raise, finely-tuned negotiation tactics are generally required, but advice on negotiation is always changing.

VentureBeat - 4d

‘Ankara is getting what it wants’: how Erdoğan’s balancing act in Syria paid off

Turkey tried to stall the HTS rebels’ offensive but has now become Syria’s ‘gateway to the outside world’. Less than a week after the deposed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow , ...

The Guardian - 4d

Americans are getting paid to play the Ryder Cup. Now the pressure is on to win: Analysis

As if the American team wasn't under enough pressure to win back the Ryder Cup, now they are painted as being greedy for getting paid to play

ABC News - 4d

Former TV host Carlos Watson gets nearly 10 years in prison in case about failed startup Ozy Media

Former talk show host Carlos Watson has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison in the federal financial conspiracy case surrounding his once-buzzy Ozy Media

ABC News - 5d

‘Monetising data’: how Hitachi has soared with bets on AI future

New chief executive takes over streamlined conglomerate with most of its revenues and employees overseas

Financial Times - 5d

American Ryder Cup players will get paid $200,000 apiece for playing

The PGA of America has increased its donation to Ryder Cup players' charities and added a "stipend" on top.

Yahoo Sports - 5d

Americans to get paid $200,000 to play in Ryder Cup and $300,000 to donate to charity

ABC News - 5d

Synthetic data has its limits — why human-sourced data can help prevent AI model collapse

With model degradation, AI development could stall, leaving AI systems unable to ingest new data and essentially becoming “stuck in time.”

VentureBeat - Dec. 14

Shutterstock pioneers ‘research license’ model with Lightricks, lowering barriers to AI training data

Shutterstock launches innovative "research license" model with Lightricks, making ethical AI training data more accessible for startups while ensuring fair compensation for creators.

VentureBeat - Dec. 13

Harvard Is Releasing a Massive Free AI Training Dataset Funded by OpenAI and Microsoft

The project’s leader says that allowing everyone to access the collection of public-domain books will help “level the playing field” in the AI industry.

Wired - Dec. 12

How RapidCanvas automates 70% of data tasks for gen AI projects

With its context-aware AI agents, RapidCanvas is taking on the likes of leading players like DataRobot, Dataiku, Palantir and Alteryx.

VentureBeat - Dec. 11

How Do You Get Into Sephora? 3 Tips for Startups, According to Artemis Patrick

The global beauty retailer’s North America CEO shares what Sephora looks for in upstart brands—and how founders can prime themselves for success.

Inc. - Dec. 10

Concerned Parents Sue Startup Behind an AI Social Media App, Trying to Kill It Off

Character.AI is being accused of providing inappropriate content to children, months after it was named in a lawsuit in connection with a young user’s suicide.

Inc. - Dec. 10

ServiceNow open sources Fast-LLM in a bid to help enterprises train AI models 20% quicker

ServiceNow open sources AI training breakthrough with Fast-LLM framework promising lower risk, higher experimentation.

VentureBeat - Dec. 10

How Databricks is using synthetic data to simplify evaluation of AI agents

Multiple enterprises are using Databricks' synthetic data API, seeing a significant time reduction to improve agent quality and deployment.

VentureBeat - Dec. 9

Sal Khan wants an AI tutor for every student

Anderson Cooper headed back to school with Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, and creator of the AI tutor Khanmigo. The tool is helping students and teachers alike, and evaluating Cooper's ...

CBS News - Dec. 8

Palantir, Anduril Partner on AI training for Defense

Palantir’s AI platform and Anduril’s systems will help with the retention and distribution of government defense data.

Inc. - Dec. 8

AI startups are snatching up San Francisco offices, using Zoom fatigue to recruit talent

When Noah Jackson began his search for a new software engineering job at the start of 2024, there was one quality he knew he wanted in his next employer: office culture.

NBC News - Dec. 7

AI startups are snatching up San Francisco real estate as Gen Z craves office life

With the Covid pandemic approaching its five-year anniversary, a growing number of startups in San Francisco are ditching remote work.

CNBC - Dec. 6

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: You could get paid one day for the AI training data we use

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says content creators should be paid for their contributions to artificial intelligence models, including for chatbots like ChatGPT.

CNBC - Dec. 6

Caregiving can be a financial drain on family members. Want to get paid for it?

You may be able to get paid for family caregiving in retirement — but it won’t be easy.

MarketWatch - Dec. 6

This Startup Has an AI-Powered Solution to Fight Wildfires

FireDome emerged from stealth Tuesday to combat wildfires with technology that is designed after a missile defense system.

Inc. - Dec. 6

AI Data Centers Sprout and Grow With Increased Demand

Meta plans to build $10 billion AI data center in Louisiana as Elon Musk expands his Tennessee AI facility.

Inc. - Dec. 5

Google’s AI NotebookLM Project Leaders Leave to Launch Their Own Startup

The AI business is so hot that many employees at large, successful AI firms are leaving and trying their own startups in a healthy funding climate.

Inc. - Dec. 5

Meta to build $10 billion AI data center in Louisiana as Elon Musk expands his Tennessee AI facility

Facebook’s parent company Meta says it will build a $10 billion artificial intelligence data center in northeast Louisiana

ABC News - Dec. 4

Why Willy Adames is going to get paid big money this winter

Adames isn't a household name, but when he plays, his teams win. Here's where he could end up.

ESPN - Dec. 3

AWS SageMaker is transforming into a combined data and AI hub

The next-generation of SageMaker will make accessing data assets and wide-ranging tools to make the most of them faster than ever.

VentureBeat - Dec. 3

Tiger Woods wants US Ryder Cup team to be paid £4m each, not £315,000

Tiger Woods believes the United States Ryder Cup players should be paid £4 million, not £315,000, for representing their country – but insists all the money should go to charity.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 3

Space Startups Get Government Contracts as SpaceX Explores Share Sale Valued at $350 Billion

The commercial space industry has had a rocket lit under it recently, as the government changes how it awards contracts, looking closely at new innovators.

Inc. - Dec. 3

Nous Research is training an AI model using machines distributed across the internet

Nous's DisTrO, Distributed Training Over-the-Internet, allows foundation class models to be trained without expensive superclusters.

VentureBeat - Dec. 2

How AI Tools Are Revolutionizing Startup Launch Strategies

From lower costs to new founder skills, accessible AI is transforming how startups go from idea to market.

Inc. - Dec. 1

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