AI Reading for Sunday April 7
Musk seeks to raise $3b for xAI at $18b valuation, seems a bit rich given Grok's underwhelming performance. - The Information
WSJ has a long read on Tesla's troubles. Competition hit margins, growth slowed, not much in the way of new products or catalysts in the pipeline. Except FSD of course - WSJ
Reuters on the data supply chain beat including photo licensing deals. - Reuters
You always had to be careful about e.g. 3rd-party email clients and similar apps, but they are really going to go all-out to hoover your data now. So, are photographers actually getting paid from these Shutterstock deals? Presumably that's why you upload your photos to Shutterstock and they can't just license a use without paying?
Friends don't let friends upload their private parts to AI. - LA Times
Microsoft has an ‘AI For Good’ group and they are publishing a book. - GeekWire
Robots (and our software-devoured environment) hurt workers' mental well-being. - The Reg
TechCrunch on women in AI. - TechCrunch
OnlyFans creators make money with sexting, but often offshore it ... now AI is entering the chat. - Fortune
Feels like a trend, 'light industry' knowledge work done offshore is generally an early candidate for AI automation.
Tell this AI what you need AI to do, and it will recommend an AI to do it. - BGR
Sora asks, what if National Geographic made specials about jackalopes and other chimerical creatures? - YouTube
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