Amazon will train on Twitch streamers' content by default, unless they opt out |

The streaming platform Twitch will now use creators’ content to help train generative AI models for its parent company, Amazon. This move has inspired swift…

I Got a Free Meal From a Private Chef—Who Filmed It All to Train Robots

When the private chef sent by Shift arrived at my apartment to cook a three-course meal, he was already ready to record. He walked through…

General Intuition’s $2.3B bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world |

As soon as I entered General Intuition’s R&D floor at its New York office, the company’s 31-year-old co-founder and CEO Pim de Witte directed my…

Elon Musk Seemingly Admits xAI Has Used OpenAI’s Models to Train Its Own

While testifying on Thursday in federal court, Elon Musk seemed to indicate that his AI lab may have used OpenAI’s models to train xAI’s own.…

Coby Adcock's Scout AI raises $100 million to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp. |

At a US military base in central California, four-seater all-terrain vehicles roam hillside trails. This is a training exercise, but not for the people in…

Meta will record employees' keystrokes and use it to train its AI models |

In Brief Posted: 4:45 PM PDT · April 21, 2026 Meta has found a new source of training data for its AI models: its own…

‘Thank You For Generating With Us!’ Hollywood's AI Acolytes Stay on the Hype Train

While this type of hype is predictable at industry-led events, again and again summit attendees were reminded that generative AI isn’t just another flash-in-the-pan techno-bauble,…

DoorDash launches a new 'Tasks' app that pays couriers to submit videos to train AI |

9:14 AM PDT · March 19, 2026 DoorDash announced on Thursday that it’s launching a new, stand-alone “Tasks” app that will allow the company to…

Meet the Chinese Startup Using AI—and a Small Army of Workers—to Train Robots

The real question is how effectively AgiBot’s algorithms can teach its robots new tricks. Using reinforcement learning to teach a robot tasks that require improvisation…

Silicon Valley bets big on 'environments' to train AI agents |

For years, Big Tech CEOs have touted visions of AI agents that can autonomously use software applications to complete tasks for people. But take today’s…