Alibaba launches data center with 10,000 of its own chips as China ramps up AI push

Alibaba and China Telecom launched a data center in China designed for AI training and inferencing.
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GitHub’s Copilot will use you as AI training data, but you can opt out

That includes the Copilot features in Visual Studio Code.

Meta paused its work with AI training startup Mercor after a data breach

Mercor confirmed to Business Insider on Friday that the company had experienced a security breach.

GitHub Reverses Course And Will Train AI On Your Copilot Data Unless You Opt Out

Starting on April 24th, all GitHub Copilot interaction data including inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users will be used to train GitHub's AI ...
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Meta freezes AI data work after breach puts training secrets at risk

Meta has indefinitely paused work with $10B AI data startup Mercor after a LiteLLM supply chain attack exposed training ...

Universal Robots and Scale AI Launch Imitation Learning System to Accelerate AI Model Training, Bridging the 'Lab-to-Factory' Gap

The AI Trainer marks a tectonic shift as robots move from pre-programmed applications to fully AI-driven tasks.

Navi AI debuts flight training AI platform with $6.7M in funding

Generative artificial intelligence platform for commercial operations in pilot training startup Navi AI Inc. launched today with $6.7 million in funding to accelerate development and deployment of its ...
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Controlling AI training data may shape the world’s power balance

Having all of this in mind – China’s controlled data environment, Europe’s regulatory approach, and the US’ market-driven ...

‘There’s a lot of desperation’: skilled older workers turn to AI training to stay afloat

They have degrees, expertise and years of experience – but can’t find work. For many Americans, AI training has become a last refuge in a brutal job market ...