Machine learning models are usually complimented for their intelligence. However, their success mostly hinges on one fundamental aspect: data labeling for machine learning. A model has to get familiar ...

Understanding the connection between behavior and brain cell activity is a major goal of neuroscience. To make progress, neuroscientists often choose simple, transparent lab animals because it's ...

Artificial intelligence systems are only as powerful as the data they are trained on. High-quality labeled datasets determine whether a model performs with precision or fails in production.

There are variations of these roles, but the deluge on job boards means one thing: training AI models is a real business. One ...

Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies ...

Have you ever wondered how artificial intelligence could transform the way you work, from crafting stunning presentations to conducting large-scale research? In this walkthrough, Kevin Stratvert and ...

Tech giants are in a heated race to build data centers and dominate the AI landscape. But America might not be ready for the energy demand. The country’s aging electrical grid could struggle to keep ...

Microsoft says it will ask to pay higher electricity bills in areas where it’s building data centers, in an effort to prevent electricity prices for local residents from rising in those areas. The ...

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a new initiative called “Community-First AI Infrastructure” that commits the company to paying full electricity costs for its data centers and refusing to seek local ...

Hyperscale data centers are now powering AI models with a revolutionary architecture—at a staggering energy cost. In sprawling stretches of farmland and industrial parks, supersized buildings packed ...

The big picture: Nonprofit research institute Epoch AI is building one of the most detailed public records of America's data center boom. Using open-source intelligence ranging from high-resolution ...