Politics
Trump’s AI czar says UBI-style cash payments are ‘not going to happen’
- AI leaders like Elon Musk and Sam Altman have long called for a universal basic income.
- Rapid advances in AI are already causing job losses in various industries.
- David Sacks, Trump’s AI and cryptocurrency czar, however, called UBI-style payments a “fantasy.”
Industry
CloudFlare introduces new “pay per AI crawl” service
We wanted content creators to have control over who accesses their work. If a creator wants to block all AI crawlers from their content, they should be able to do so. If a creator wants to allow some or all AI crawlers full access to their content for free, they should be able to do that, too. Creators should be in the driver’s seat.
We believe your choice need not be binary — there should be a third, more nuanced option: You can charge for access.
Leaked docs show how Meta is training its chatbots to message you first, remember your chats, and keep you talking
- Meta is training custom AI chatbots to send unprompted follow-up messages and boost user engagement.
- Contractors at Alignerr help develop bots that remember chats and personalize replies on Meta apps.
- Mark Zuckerberg has said AI companions are a potential fix for the “loneliness epidemic.“’
“The goal of the training project, known internally to data labeling firm Alignerr as “Project Omni,” is to “provide value for users and ultimately help to improve re-engagement and user retention,” the guidelines say.
