AI data labeling company @AfterQuery is now valued at $3.2 billion, sources say, 10xing its valuation since April. That would make it the fastest YC company to go from inception -> unicorn. Oh, and its founders are 22 and 23 years old.
Burning Man is this week, and its latest battlefront is AI. Is it okay to use AI to make your theme camp flyer or help you design your art piece -- or is that an egregious violation of the Burning Man Principles?
The AI arms race isn’t just being fought over Nvidia chips. Chinese labs are matching OpenAI and Anthropic by purchasing the exact same data from US vendors like @mercor and Surge AI (who also work with the US federal govt)
AI may create a philanthropy boom, and some are already having success influencing where giving is going. Here's the story of how anti factory-farming advocates like @Lewis_Bollard have already directed $40 million to help chickens and pigs.