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fromTechCrunch
6 days agoAI data labeler Handshake buys Cleanlab, an acquisition target of multiple others | TechCrunch
Handshake began in 2013 as a platform for hiring college grads and launched a human data labeling business about a year ago to serve foundational AI model companies. Cleanlab, founded in 2021, is a startup that provides software for improving the quality of data produced by human labelers. The deal's purpose is primarily to acquire talent, aka an acqui-hire, adding nine key Cleanlab employees to Handshake's research organization.
Startup companies
fromBusiness Insider
4 weeks agoCEO of AI training startup says humans will still be involved in data creation for decades
"When I first started this job, the main push back I always got was that synthetic data will take over and you just will not need human feedback two to three years from now," said Fitzpatrick, who joined the startup last year. "From first principles, that actually doesn't make very much sense." Synthetic data refers to data that is artificially created.
Data science
fromFuturism
1 month agoAI "Companion Bots" Actually Run by Exploited Kenyans, Worker Claims
What I didn't know was that the role would require me to assume multiple fabricated identities, and use pseudo profiles created by the company to engage in intimate and explicit conversations with lonely men and women,
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago'The era of data-labeling companies is over,' says the CEO of a $2.2 billion AI training firm
Basic data-labeling is becoming obsolete; AI training requires complex, real-world data, reinforcement-learning environments, and domain experts forming proactive research partnerships.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
3 months agoAI startups are paying people to film themselves folding laundry - and they'll use this data to train robots
Startups pay people to record household chores to create real-world training data because robots lack internet-scale datasets for learning dexterity.
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Artificial intelligence
fromArs Technica
7 months agoMeta beefs up disappointing AI division with $15 billion Scale AI investment
Meta is heavily investing in generative AI with a focus on infrastructure.
Despite ambitions, Meta's AI release has underperformed in benchmarks.
The goal across AI firms is to achieve superintelligence.
Data-labeling is crucial for training AI models, driving revenue for Scale AI.
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