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Inside the fallout from Mark Zuckerberg's chaotic $14 billion AI deal
Five months after Meta's $14 billion deal, Scale AI has lost some of its gleam, with workers sniping about pay, and rivals coming for its clientele.
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Inside the shadow market for AI training accounts
A shadow market for AI training and data labeling accounts has emerged, with scammers selling Outlier, Mercor, and Surge AI accounts online.
5 people explain how they broke into AI training and how much they make in their side hustle
Five people share how they got into the sometimes lucrative world of AI training, including how much money they've made.
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Perplexity's blockbuster investor demand shows just how wild the AI bubble has become
The AI search engine startup competing with Google is fielding investor offers at valuations up to $50 billion. It's making some VCs nervous.
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Vibe coding startup Replit is projecting $1 billion in revenue by the end of 2026
Replit expects to hit $1 billion in revenue next year as AI coding products replace old tools.
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Scale AI agreed to settle multiple lawsuits from its California contractors
Scale AI agreed to settle four California lawsuits alleging illegal underpayment and misclassification. A judge will review the deal in December.
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Scale AI cuts more contractors as it shifts toward more specialized AI training
Scale AI confirmed it closed a Dallas onsite team, in the latest cuts to its AI training workforce.
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An ex-OpenAI employee who helped build ChatGPT quietly launched a startup — and Mira Murati is an investor
The OpenAI mafia is expanding. Find out who else is backing Worktrace AI.
You can now get paid to fold your laundry, as long as you're willing to film it
AI startups are paying people to film themselves doing chores so robots can learn. Find out how much you could earn and why demand is booming.
No more slop: Perplexity makes its $200 AI browser free
Perplexity's Comet browser is now free as the AI startup fights low-quality content and partners with publishers like CNN and The Washington Post.
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A major Silicon Valley medtech company just announced it was pausing H-1B hires
Intuitive Surgical is best-known for building surgery robots. It just froze offers to H-1B candidates due to President Donald Trump's new policy.
AI training companies are raising billions to get humans to teach chatbots. Here are the startups cashing in.
AI training companies are booming as AI labs race for better chatbots. Find out who is cashing in.
I'm a Trump supporter — but I might move back to India over his H-1B policy
A software engineer from India says he's considering moving back home. The US feels too unstable after President Donald Trump's H-1B fees, he says.
Trump's H-1B overhaul could kneecap startups in the talent wars.
Startup founders are worried that changes to the H-1B visa program could make it even harder to compete with bigger companies in the talent wars.
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Meta just missed a senator's deadline for submitting records about its AI chatbot policies for kids
Sen. Josh Hawley's office says Meta hasn't complied with its request to hand over records on how its AI chatbot interacted with children.
Confusion and chaos: Trump's $100K H-1B visa fee rocks Silicon Valley's hiring machine
Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee sparked chaos in Silicon Valley, sending shockwaves through the tech industry as companies scrambled to adjust to costly new regulations.
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AI training unicorn Snorkel AI just laid off 13% of its workforce
Snorkel AI, a Silicon Valley unicorn, laid off 13% of its workforce, impacting software engineers more while sparing most AI roles.
The 5 biggest takeaways from Meta Connect 2025, from AI glasses to WiFi issues
Mark Zuckerberg announced a slate of products in his big reveal of what's next for Meta.
OpenAI is giving its nonprofit $100 billion. Critics aren't convinced.
Advocacy groups say OpenAI's nonprofit still isn't independent — and $100 billion may not be enough.
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Scale AI is being investigated by San Francisco labor regulators
Scale AI says it's cooperating with the probe. The startup relies on an army of workers it considers contractors.