Effie Webb
Technology News Fellow at Business Insider
journalist covering tech, ai, and startups for @businessinsider | get in touch ✍️ (ewebb-at-insider-dot-com) or via signal 💬 (efw.40)
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2 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Meghan Morris |Shubhangi Goel |Effie Webb |Henry Blodget
What would you take from your house if there were a zombie apocalypse? What type of person would you like to live on Mars with? These are some of the questions being used to train AI voice models for Elon Musk’s xAI, alongside everyday topics about DIY plumbing and trip planning, documents obtained by Business Insider show.
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Robert Scammell |Effie Webb |Henry Blodget
Gale, a startup that uses AI to streamline the US visa application process for employers and workers, has raised $2.7 million in seed funding. Its cofounders, who are all immigrants, launched the startup out of Y Combinator's 2025 winter cohort following their own frustrations navigating the US visa system. The trio — Rahul Gudise, Rishabh Sambare, and Haokun Qin — told Business Insider they found the process confusing, full of delays, and bureaucratic.
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.jp | Effie Webb
メタはリアルなバーチャルアバターを構築するために、人間の表情や雑談を記録する作業に協力してくれる人材を、時給50ドルで募集している。 これは「プロジェクト・ウォーホル」と呼ばれる取り組みで、データ企業Appenが実施する。 メタのリアリティ・ラボ部門は2020年以降、600億ドルの損失を出しており、2025年を正念場の年と位置づけている。 笑顔は何を意味しているのか。メタ（Meta）はそれを明らかにして仮想現実（VR）アバターの訓練に活かそうとしている。そのための人材に時給50ドル（約7300円）が支払われるようだ。 メタは、「未来の仮想現実体験の向上」のため、カメラやセンサーの前で何時間も過ごしてもらう成人を、データ収集・ラベリング会社のAppenを通じて募集している。 メタのアバターは、3年ほど前にネット上で嘲笑の的となったものの、長い道のりを経て成長したようだ。...
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Robert Scammell |Effie Webb |Henry Blodget
Tech leaders have been warning that AI is coming for junior developer jobs, but one Amazon executive says entry-level engineers shouldn't be worried — and they might actually have the most to gain. Rory Richardson, director of go-to-market for generative AI at Amazon Web Services, said that AI is leveling the playing field between junior and veteran developers.
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Jack Sommers |Effie Webb |Henry Blodget
Alba Health, a Swedish-Danish startup focused on gut health and personalized nutrition for children, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The startup was founded in 2022 by Eleonora Cavani, CEO, and Professor Willem Meindert de Vos, its chief scientific officer and a microbiome scientist with more than 800 research publications.
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Scoop w/ @jyoti_mann1: @Meta is training its chatbots to be fun but stay within limits. Leaked Scale AI docs show testers must reject Lolita-style roleplay and handle topics like gender, conspiracy theories, and EDs with caution. @BusinessInsider https://t.co/uuC8rS1FSt
RT @TechInsider: It's becoming less taboo to talk about AI being 'conscious' if you work in tech https://t.co/k9ujI5o3tp
After her daughter goes to bed, Amanda starts her second job training AI. She works full-time in real estate and moonlights testing chatbots and rating ads. Last summer she made $8K in 3 weeks. “This isn’t a get-rich-quick thing”. @BusinessInsider : https://t.co/WIYg9L57C6