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In Today’s Big Story, Meta Will pay you $ 50 an hour to help make its avatars more realistic. Which Begs The Bigger Question: How Much Wauld You Need to Be Paid To train he on something good at?
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What’s On Deck
Markets: The US-China Trade Deal doesn’t mean investors are out of the Woods Yet.
Tech: Amazon’s Growing Robotics Business May Mean Fewer Human Hires in The Future, Acciting to an Internal Document.
Business: The Job Market Might be the Biggest Risk No One’s Talking About.
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The Big Story
Train and gain
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Want to make a quick $ 50? Just Say “Cheese.”
Meta is paying $ 50 an hour to record People’s Facial Expressions and Small Talk to bolster its virtual avatarsWrites Bi’s Effie Webb.
It ‘s part of the tech giant’s massive bet that the metave is the future. Meta’s Recrument Adults to make Its virtual reality avatars as realistic as a postible and create a socialonment that is “indistinguishaable from reality” During virtual interactions.
That sounds exhilarating or terrifying, depression on where you sit on the technology adoption scale. What’s not up for debate is that that is a plenty of this type of work is going around.
Across the Tech World, Companies Are Hiring Humans to Train He Models to Act More… Human. Tesla previously paid up to $ 48 an hour to people Training Its Humanoid Robots. Meta Also Has Contractors Monitoring How “Flirty” Its Chatbots Get.
The humanization of he is touring into a nice side hustle for those willing to put in the hours. One Woman Told Bi She made $ 8,000 in Three Weeks Training He AFTER HOURS. But it’s not always ease Work. SOMETIMES IT CAN INVOLVE Stress-Testing he with “Harmful” promptsneither previously reported.
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Tech Companies’ Constant Push to Level Up Their He Makes for An Interesting Dilemma for the Humans Training.
Sharing your smile is one Thing, SINCE MOST OF US DON’T Get Paid to Flash Our Pearly Whites. (Don’t worry. The Still Think You Look Great.)
But what about training he on something you’re good Enough to get paid to?
On the one hand, you is the roofly demand a higher rate for teaching it a someone proprisaic skill. On the other hand, are the short-term gains the long-term risk that it is with it with the task than you?
Simply Put: Do you want to be Turkey setting the table for thanksgiving?
Let me know what you think. They Say Everyone has a price. What’s Your for Teaching He Your Secret Sauce?
3 Things in Markets
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1. The S&P 500 Just Flashed an Optimistic Technical Signal. The Index Moved Above Its 200-Day Moving Avrage, which has historically signaled a position long-term trend. LPP Financial’s Technical Analyst Said IT COULD Spell a Bottom for the Market.
2. And Wall Street’s Fear is subsiding. The Index Known As Wall Street’s Fear Gauge Saw Its fastest-government drop From April 10 to May 12; Wall Street’s Breating Easy Now that the US and China have Down Down Tariffs. The Index Had Peaked Wen Fears Were High Right AFTER LIBERATION DAY.
3. But Investors Might Be Declaring Tariff Victory Too Early. The US-China Deal to Temporarylly Reduce Tariffs on Chinese Imports to 30% Pushhed The S & P 500 UP 3.2%. Howver, Investors Might EU Getting Ahead of Themselves for a variety of reasons.
3 Things in Tech
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1. Tariffs have taken a toll on tiktok’s US e-commerce Business. Four Tiktok Staffers Told Bi They Attribute The drop-off in us sales to tariffsWHICH HAVE CREATED COST Headaches for Merchants. IT’S ONE OF THE MANY SETBACKS The Social Media Platform Has Experienced This Year.
2. Waymo just got another recall headache. The Company ISSUED A SOFTWARE RECALL For more than 1,200 robotaxis after sewer of its cars were involved in barrier collision, according to a Report Filed with a federal safety agency. It ‘Waymo’s Third Recall in Over A Year, THOUGH The Last Two Were Voluntary.
3. Amazon robots won’t take your job, but they might end the need for it. Amazon Said it sees warehouse robots as crucial to “Flattening” Its Hiring Curve, Acciting to an Internal Document obtained by bi. IT SUGGESTS AMAZON COULD USE ROBOTS TO SLOW THE RATE OF NEW HARING RATHER THAN REPLICE EXISTING WORKERS.
3 Things in Business
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1. The Job Market is on the Brink of Collaps. While unlemployment Remains historically Low, May Things Not Be as Transquil As they SEEM, Writes Economist Neil Dutta. From Fewer Job Openings to the Uncetainty Surrounding Trump’s Trade Upheaval, Signs Are Pointing to Higher UNEmployment and A Weaker Job Market.
2. Behind Ryan Coogler’s Deal to Own “Sinners.” The Director Behind the Box-Office Sensation Struck a Rare Deal With Warner Bros., Giving Him the Rights to “Sinners” in 2050. A veteran Entertainment and Technology attorney spoke to biut How Coogler Could Cash In.
3. The Key Deals Struck During Trump’s Tour of Saudi Arabia. Companies like nvidia and amazon have notched some big wins while trump haen in the middle east. Here’s a list of what’s been announeddfrom a chip deal to a planned Saudi he area.
In other news
What’s Happening Today
- Walmart Reports Earnings.
- SUPREME COURT HEARS CASE ON Trump’s Executive Order AttemPing to End Birthright Citizenship.
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