Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, IBM, Adobe and chip designer Arm all signed the accord. Artificial intelligence startups OpenAI, Anthropic and Stability AI also joined the group, alongside social media companies such as Snap, TikTok and X. Tech platforms are preparing for a huge year of elections around the world that affect upward of four billion …
Last fall, Adobe Inc. offered select photographers from its vast network of seasoned professionals the opportunity to shoot 1,000 photos of bananas. For $60. Another commission called for snapshots of flags “in real-life situations,” and one paying $80 sought hundreds of close-ups of mouths chewing food. One assignment for pet portraits requested a minimum of …
Alphabet accounted for roughly one-third of Appen’s revenue, meaning the decision to end the relationship will impact “at least two thousand subcontracted Alphabet workers,” according to a statement Monday from the Alphabet Workers Union. Appen, based in Australia, has helped train AI models for a star-studded list of tech behemoths. Five customers — Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Google and Amazon — have in …
(Bloomberg) — Adobe Inc. gave a lukewarm outlook for sales in 2024, disappointing investors who expected new generative artificial intelligence tools would quickly boost the software company’s results. Most Read from Bloomberg Revenue will be about $21.4 billion in the fiscal year ending in December 2024, the company said Wednesday in a statement. Profit, excluding …