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AWS says Mechanical Turk will no longer accept new customers and that it is placing the crowdsourcing service in maintenance, signaling its future retirement (Simon Sharwood/The Register)

Simon Sharwood / The Register : AWS says Mechanical Turk will no longer accept new customers and that it is placing the crowdsourcing service in maintenance, signaling its future retirement   —  Workers who use OG crowdsourcing platform say AWS is closing accounts  —  Amazon Web Services will stop accepting new customers … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/DBRGTIX via IFTTT
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Source calls UK- and OpenAI-touted plans in 2025 for Stargate's ~£20B Cobalt site a PR stunt; OpenAI and Nscale failed to visit Cobalt or lodge planning forms (Aisha Down/The Guardian)

Aisha Down / The Guardian : Source calls UK- and OpenAI-touted plans in 2025 for Stargate's ~£20B Cobalt site a PR stunt; OpenAI and Nscale failed to visit Cobalt or lodge planning forms   —  Exclusive: £20bn of ‘potential’ £30bn AI investment touted by UK ministers appears to have been hypothetical from Techmeme https://ift.tt/uPIg8mO via IFTTT

Indonesia's enforcement of social media restrictions for under-16s has been patchy, with tech companies ignoring the rules and youth still accessing platforms (Marcel Thee/Nikkei Asia)

Marcel Thee / Nikkei Asia : Indonesia's enforcement of social media restrictions for under-16s has been patchy, with tech companies ignoring the rules and youth still accessing platforms   —  JAKARTA — Andreas Humala, a multimedia lecturer at the London School of Public Relations in Jakarta, recently overheard … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/AVSLc4s via IFTTT

How some high-income families use AI-powered private schools and tutors, such as Alpha School, to teach their children life skills and tailor their curriculum (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal)

Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal : How some high-income families use AI-powered private schools and tutors, such as Alpha School, to teach their children life skills and tailor their curriculum   —  People who can afford to send their grade-school kids anywhere are choosing new alternative education from Techmeme https://ift.tt/NRM9Z5j via IFTTT

Midjourney wants Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. to reveal in court how they use AI across their companies; studios sued Midjourney in 2025 for infringement (Gene Maddaus/Variety)

Gene Maddaus / Variety : Midjourney wants Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. to reveal in court how they use AI across their companies; studios sued Midjourney in 2025 for infringement   —  The studios sued the AI image lab last year, accusing it of enabling massive infringement of their copyrighted characters. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/U8dcMyB via IFTTT

A look at the quant fund frenzy in China, as assets under management have more than doubled to ~$384B in less than a year amid rapid AI adoption (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg : A look at the quant fund frenzy in China, as assets under management have more than doubled to ~$384B in less than a year amid rapid AI adoption   —  Quant funds in China have become so popular that they are being deluged with investors' money.  —  Ubiquant, one of the top players … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/NjUtJOQ via IFTTT

Meta could use its compute for its own models, ad scaling, SpaceX-like neocloud deals, and hosting 3rd-party models; it may be close to an Anthropic deal (Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros/SemiAnalysis)

Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros / SemiAnalysis : Meta could use its compute for its own models, ad scaling, SpaceX-like neocloud deals, and hosting 3rd-party models; it may be close to an Anthropic deal   —  Zuck Takes Plan B?  SpaceX 2.0, Bedrock 2.0, MSL Isn't Giving Up, Scaling RecSys by 10x... ClusterMAX ranking coming soon? from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ijIpTkQ via IFTTT