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Twitch confirms Amazon is training its AI models on livestreams

Twitch said Wednesday users can opt out to prevent Amazon from training its AI models on their content.

David Protein founder's candy launch is full of AI typos. The brand's president says it's intentional 'rage bait.'

"We left them there for a little bit of internet rage bait," HallPass president Michael Tierney told Business Insider. "It's worked."

This 2020 Nvidia chip is still going strong. That matters for the AI boom.

CoreWeave recently rented Nvidia A100 GPUs into 2029, suggesting AI chips stay useful and hold their value far longer than critics feared.

This week in the big AI data center buildout.

AI data center projects are continuing to pop up across the US, with frequent opposition from locals concerned about their impact. Here are a few recent articles about the projects:

AI coding startup Cognition reportedly already in talks to raise at $40B valuation

Cognition may be looking to raise another mega round just a few months after raising $1 billion at a $26 billion valuation.

OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2B to bring AI to the enterprise

Thrive Holdings has raised $2 billion in new funding at a $12 billion valuation from investors like SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners, and Altimeter Capital.

Tyga is the first artist to get a 0.0 from Pitchfork in 20 years for his AI synth-slop album.

The rapper admitted to using AI on his ’80s-tinged $TARFACE project and received a rare zero. Jet was the last to receive the dishonor in 2006 for Shine On. Pitchfork pulls no punches, saying:

Twitch streamers can now opt out from training Amazon’s AI

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Mesh, Automattic's CRM for everyone, comes to Android

Mesh, an AI-powered contacts app and relationship manager from Automattic, is now an Android app.

Scaling AI agents with trustworthy data

How companies are freeing themselves of legacy data systems to power AI agents that deliver trusted, autonomous action.

YouTube star Cliff Tan apologizes to angry fans after promoting AI for interior design

Cliff Tan, who runs a popular interior design YouTube channel, posted a video promoting an AI company. His fans then revolted and he apologized.

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