AI-generated summary An investigation by ChinaTalk indicates that US data brokers are selling reinforcement learning environments worth roughly half a billion dollars to Chinese AI labs. Firms including Mercor, Surge AI, AfterQuery, and Turing are among at least nine companies identified as participating in these sales.
thenextweb.com — Meta and TikTok joined Google in opposing Indonesia’s copyright revisions, which would make platforms pay publishers and set rules for AI.
fortune.com — Exclusive: The company has raised $100 million in Series B funding at a $1.3 billion valuation.
tech.eu — Tano will use the new funding to hire additional engineers and creator strategists, further develop its platform and expand its creator advertising operations.
IEEE Spectrum — Sometimes mechanical buttons and switches are better than fully-automated appliances
