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AI Layoffs Are Backfiring And Rehiring Has Begun (Blind)
- EVxB36 (The Home Depot): We started hiring a bunch a few weeks ago, mostly ML people. Brutal layoffs not seen since 2008 just a few months prior, but yeah.
- IBYh04 (HPE): Who’s rehiring exactly?
- CfNb84 (Discover): Definitely temporary, if true in the first place. If ‘Backfire’ is due to high token costs like I’ve been reading, it means fuck all, as token is just compute and compute is bound to go down in cost as manufacturing matures.
Anthropic IPO filing shows that AI bubble is close to popping (Blind)
- Provian: Apart from coding there are no real cost or productivity gains from AI.
- OnCall4Evr (Cvent): I think so too. It’s sus that they want to cash out so soon.
- boredddddd (Microsoft): Their ARR has jumped more than 5 times in the last 5 months. How is the bubble popping?
In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters (r/technology)
- wewantyoutowantus: Good for them. Texas cities need to follow this
- getajob92: At first I thought this was referring to California City, and was wondering who the fuck wants to put a data center in the Mojave desert.
- DarthJDP: at least we can count on the nimbys to kill AI
Amazon-owned Ring should pay Americans for scanning their faces, lawsuit says (r/technology)
- alabasterskim: How about they lose all that data too? If someone steals something of mine and I just get a small portion of its worth in cash while they keep the thing, it’s not really a punishment, just a cost of doing business.
- Accurate_Koala_4698: Here’s a coupon for 37 cents off a monthly subscription to their services as compensation
- Bad-job-dad: I think all tech companies should pay us royalties on our data.
Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search / Peptide companies have been doing AI-engine optimization by spamming the biohackers subreddit to manipulate ChatGPT and Google. (r/technology)
- dhirajsharma1173: I mean wth is going on actually these sick tech comapnies can do anything for sake of ai and now they’re targeting reddit to ruin genuine disscussions for their profit??
- elmo298: Reddit is compliant and encouraging this, it’s why they introduced hidden profiles.
- Derp2244: Companies are using ALL subreddits to manipulate ChatGPT/LLM results. Look up Generative engine optimization (GEO).