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Companies like Scale AI are replacing low-cost data labelers with highly paid experts in fields such as finance, driven by the rise of reasoning AI models (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)

Techmeme

Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times:
Companies like Scale AI are replacing low-cost data labelers with highly paid experts in fields such as finance, driven by the rise of reasoning AI models  —  Industry moves away from paying gig economy workers in Africa and Asia in push to build ‘smarter’ models

Fans need to understand Link and Zelda aren’t a couple

Polygon - All
“THAT person?!?!?” It’s natural for fans to have strong reactions to casting news when a beloved franchise scores a  big-screen adaptation. People have cheered and booed in equal measure for the casting of Pedro Pascal as Joel in The Last of Us, or Robert Pattinson as Batman. Some performers have won stubborn fans over. When […]

Take a Look Inside Sherri Shepherd’s Swanky Rented Harlem Townhouse

The Root

The talk show host's rented home hit the market for over $3 million.

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Barack Obama Says Young Boys Need Gay Men In Their Lives and Black Men Are on <i>Fire</i> About It

The Root

Obama’s attempt to be progressive and inclusive wound up being a slap in the face for many Black fathers.

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Thoughts on the foldable iPhone's prospects ahead of next year's launch; sources: Apple will add a second, portrait-side front-facing camera to the M5 iPad Pro (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Thoughts on the foldable iPhone's prospects ahead of next year's launch; sources: Apple will add a second, portrait-side front-facing camera to the M5 iPad Pro  —  When the first foldable iPhone debuts next year, it will be the least Apple-like launch ever.