Microsoft acquires data analytics startup Osmos to fuel push into ‘autonomous data engineering’

Microsoft announced Monday that it acquired Osmos, a Seattle startup that helps companies automate data engineering work.

The CEO of $2 billion AI training startup says that humans will stay involved in data creation for decades

Artificial intelligence won't be training AI anytime soon, says Invisible Technologies CEO.

Data broker hoarding is rampant. New law lets consumers fight back.

On January 1, a new law known as DROP (Delete Request and Opt-out Platform) took effect. DROP allows California residents to ...

Even the Sky May Not Be the Limit for A.I. Data Centers

Some tech leaders are concerned that the artificial intelligence race will exhaust available land and energy. The solution ...

Rewards programs are turning into data-harvesting machines. Here’s why companies now profit more from your habits than you do

In the Post article, Levine and Stephanie Nguyen, former chief technologist at the FTC, warn that loyalty programs have ...
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AI may not need massive training data after all

New research shows that AI doesn’t need endless training data to start acting more like a human brain. When researchers ...
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Wary of Data Brokers? California Site Offers One-Stop Opt Out for 500+ Services

The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) will force registered data brokers to delete your personal data upon request.
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US data centers add $6.5b to power costs raising AI energy concerns

Data centers in the US have added $6.5 billion to electricity costs, fueling concerns about the energy demands of artificial ...

New California 'delete-all' data privacy platform launches Jan. 1

The new DROP platform aims to make it easy to request the deletion of online personal data held by data brokers in California ...