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Google cancels contract with an AI data firm that’s helped train Bard

Google cancels contract with an AI data firm that’s helped train Bard

Google ended its contract with Appen, an Australian data company involved in training its large language model AI tools used in Bard, Search, and other products, even as the competition to develop generative AI tools increases. “Our decision to end the contract was made as part of our ongoing effort to evaluate and adjust many of our supplier partnerships across Alphabet to ensure our vendor operations are as efficient as possible,” Google spokesperson Courtenay Mencini said in a… Source link

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Google to cut thousands of search quality rater jobs after dropping contract with Appen

Google to cut thousands of search quality rater jobs after dropping contract with Appen

Appen, an Australian data services company that Google contracted with for a large number of its third-party search quality raters, was notified by Google that its contract is ending on March 19, 2024. Appen said it had no prior notice and the cancellation would result in a loss of $82.8m of revenue at a gross margin of 26% for the company. What search quality raters do. Google’s quality raters assess the quality of the Google search results. They do not directly influence the search… Source link

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Google Terminates Contract With Appen For Search Quality Raters

Google Terminates Contract With Appen For Search Quality Raters

Appen announced that its services with Google will end on March 19, 2024. The company provided search engine evaluations/quality raters. Google terminated its contract with Appen, ending its services with the company on March 19, 2024. The company has assisted Google with search engine evaluations and quality ratings. Google’s contract made up 26% of… Source link

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Google broke the law when it refused to bargain with YouTube Music contract workers, says NLRB.

Google broke the law when it refused to bargain with YouTube Music contract workers, says NLRB.

The National Labor Relations Board ruled that Google’s refusal to bargain with a group of unionized YouTube Music contractors is illegal. The three-member panel decided that despite denials by Google, which owns YouTube Music, and its subcontractor Cognizant, the two are, in fact, joint employers of the Austin-based workers who perform data-related tasks, like finding errors in its charts algorithm.  “At all material times, Respondents Cognizant and Google have codetermined the essential… Source link

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