@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-03-22 00:25:53
How gig apps like Kled AI, Silencio, Neon Mobile, and Luel AI pay users for data that AI companies can use to train models, from phone calls to videos of places (Shubham Agarwal/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/21/ai-trainers-identity…
@fgraver@hcommons.social2026-02-22 08:57:35
I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Actually Handed Over. https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2026-02-20 21:42:03
from my link log —
The asymmetry of Internet identity.
https://crawshaw.io/blog/identity-stack
saved 2019-09-30 https://dotat.at/:/P78ZV.html
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-03-20 18:22:32
Cowboys Insider Identifies Two Linebacker Trade Targets https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-insider-identifies-two-linebacker-trade-targets
@PaulWermer@sfba.social2026-03-21 22:21:34
Can't help but wonder how this strategy introduces bias into the training set,and misses the distribution tails. Actual Incompetence?
Thousands of people are selling their identities to train AI – but at what cost?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202…
@paulwermer@sfba.social2026-03-21 22:21:34
Can't help but wonder how this strategy introduces bias into the training set,and misses the distribution tails. Actual Incompetence?
Thousands of people are selling their identities to train AI – but at what cost?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-21 15:18:02
Gig AI trainers
– who upload everything from scenes around them to photos, videos and audio of themselves
– are at the frontlines of a new global data gold rush.
As Silicon Valley’s hunger for high-quality, human-grade data outpaces what can be scraped from the open internet,
a thriving industry of data marketplaces has emerged to bridge the gap.
From Cape Town to Chicago, thousands of people are now
micro-licensing their biometric identities and intima…
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-02-21 17:08:08
Identifying the Raiders' Most Significant Needs on Offense https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-identifying-most-significant-needs-offense
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-03-19 20:41:00
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-01-21 23:57:45
Identifying the Best Part of the Raiders' Vacant HC Position https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-identifying-best-part-of-vacant-hc-position