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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 rejoint Google après un passage entre OpenAI et Thinking Machines
Le chercheur en IA a occupé quatre postes de haut niveau en environ 18 mois. Sa dernière destination est l'équipe Gemini de Google, où son expertise en apprentissage par renforcement sera mise à contribution.
Le nouvel outil IA vidéo de Google peut étendre une scène, passer à la 4K, et coûte moins cher à tester
Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash arrive dans l'API Gemini avec extension de scène, contrôle des images clés, brouillons bon marché en 360p et amélioration en 4K. Voici ce que cela coûte et qui paie vraiment.
Greg Brockman dirige désormais les opérations quotidiennes d'OpenAI
Tandis que Sam Altman courtise les investisseurs et prépare une introduction en bourse, le cofondateur d'OpenAI Greg Brockman a discrètement pris en charge presque tous les grands produits de l'entreprise, de ChatGPT à son activité destinée aux entreprises.
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 vient de publier 96 milliards de dollars en un seul trimestre. Elle pense que 108 milliards sont les suivants.
Les ventes de centres de données du fabricant de puces ont plus que doublé en un an, tirées par une demande incessante de matériel IA. Les acheteurs de GPU grand public ressentent la pression.
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.