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Amazon Is Shutting Down Mechanical Turk, Its 21-Year-Old Human Task Platform
The crowdsourced work service that paid hundreds of thousands of workers pennies per task will close on 30 September 2026, leaving some full-time data workers scrambling.
Lambda Borrows $1 Billion to Buy Nvidia Chips, Then Rents Them to Microsoft
The AI cloud company is using short-term debt to fund a chip-leasing deal with one of the world's biggest tech companies. Here is what that tells us about how the AI buildout is actually being paid for.
Why Nvidia and Stripe Are Spending Billions on 'Free' AI
Open-weight AI models, the kind anyone can download and run, are suddenly the hottest things in tech dealmaking. Here is what is driving a buying spree worth over $26 billion.
EXL Buys AI Training Firm iMerit to Close the Gap Between AI Demos and Real Business Results
The New York services giant spent this month completing its purchase of iMerit, a company that prepares the data and human expertise AI models need before they can work reliably in hospitals, factories, and financial firms.
Anthropic and OpenAI Are Sending Their Top People to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Here's Why It Matters.
The AI Stage at Disrupt 2026 is tackling the questions founders actually lose sleep over: how to price AI products, who secures the systems making autonomous decisions, and what a brand-new job category means for the rest of tech.
Barret Zoph llega a Google tras un año saltando entre OpenAI y Thinking Machines
El investigador de IA ha ocupado cuatro puestos senior en aproximadamente 18 meses. Su último destino es el equipo Gemini de Google, donde su experiencia en aprendizaje por refuerzo será puesta en práctica.
La nueva IA de video de Google puede extender escenas, llegar a 4K y cuesta menos de probar
Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash llega a la API de Gemini con extensión de escenas, control de fotogramas clave, borradores económicos en 360p y escalado a 4K. Aquí está lo que cuesta y quién realmente paga.
Greg Brockman Ahora Dirige Las Operaciones Diarias de OpenAI
Mientras Sam Altman busca inversores y planifica una salida a bolsa, el cofundador de OpenAI Greg Brockman ha asumido silenciosamente el control de casi todos los principales productos de la empresa, desde ChatGPT hasta su negocio empresarial.
Salesforce and Anthropic team up as customers get billed by the sip
A new Claude-powered product and strong quarterly numbers lifted Salesforce's share price, but the company's credit-based pricing model is drawing fresh scrutiny from analysts who warn of hidden cost spikes.
ChatGPT Will Now Show Ads to Free Users in India
OpenAI is rolling out advertisements inside ChatGPT for its free and low-cost subscribers in India, starting with 50 brands and a self-serve ad tool arriving next month.
Nvidia's Next Big Test: Can Ordinary Businesses Pick Up Where Amazon and Google Leave Off?
Nvidia earns most of its money from a handful of giant tech companies. Investors watching Wednesday's earnings want proof that thousands of smaller firms are finally starting to spend too.
Nvidia acaba de reportar $96 mil millones en un solo trimestre. Cree que $108 mil millones es lo siguiente.
Las ventas de centros de datos del fabricante de chips se duplicaron con creces en un año, impulsadas por la demanda imparable de hardware de IA. Los compradores de GPU para consumidores están sintiendo la presión.
Anthropic Signs $45 Billion Computing Deal with British Startup Nscale
The AI company behind Claude is locking up computing power at a pace that suggests it expects AI demand to keep climbing hard through the rest of the decade.
Meta drew up plans to cut some teams by 60 percent in a push to run on AI
An internal project called 'Organisation Transformation' mapped out deep headcount reductions. Meta confirmed the plan existed but has not said which teams were in scope.
A $500 Billion AI Datacenter Is Being Built in Rural Ohio. Not Everyone Is Happy About It.
OpenAI, Nvidia and Japanese investors are pouring half a trillion dollars into what could be the world's largest AI computing facility, tucked into the Appalachian foothills near Piketon, Ohio. The jobs sound good. The questions about land, water and power are harder.