Tag: backchannel
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Media Monitor: WIRED Reports Data Brokers Pitching Corporate Files to AI Labs
WIRED's Backchannel reports data brokers are pitching companies on selling internal files — emails, documents, Slack messages and tickets — to AI labs for model training, with pitches citing fees up to $2 million.
Science & TechnologyBusinessMediaArtificial IntelligenceComputers and InternetEconomyElection WIREDBackchanneldata brokersAI training dataAnthropicOpenAIWIRED Backchannel
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New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $25 billion in Cambridge Analytica privacy case
Judge Francis Mathew cut a potential $219.5 billion penalty after jurors found nearly 44 million violations of state consumer-protection law.
BusinessScience & TechnologyLaw EnforcementLegalComputers and InternetArtificial IntelligenceSocial Issues MetaNew MexicoCambridge Analyticaconsumer protectionfineWIREDBackchannelWIRED BackchannelWarhoundPalmer LuckeyBen LammAndurilNew Mexico privacy rulingSpaceXAirbnbThe Rundown
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Media Monitor: WIRED Reflects on the iPod at 25 and Musk's AI Rebrand
WIRED's Backchannel marks 25 years since the iPod's debut, recalling Steve Jobs' prediction, while noting Elon Musk's reported rebrand of SpaceX's AI division.
Science & TechnologyBusinessPolitics and GovernmentMediaComputers and InternetArtificial IntelligenceGeneral PoliticsDigital and Print Publishing WIREDBackchannelAppleiPodSteve JobsElon MuskSpaceXWIRED Backchannel
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Media Monitor: WIRED Recalls Clash Between Tech's Idealists and Its Investors
WIRED's Backchannel recounts a 2015 Founders Fund retreat where computer pioneer Alan Kay and investor Peter Thiel failed to connect, illustrating tech's divided worlds.
Science & TechnologyBusinessMediaComputers and InternetArtificial IntelligenceEmployment and LaborEconomy WIREDBackchannelAlan KayPeter ThielFounders Fundventure capitaltechnology industryWIRED Backchannel