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Josh Dzieza

Josh Dzieza

Investigations Editor

Investigations Editor

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    Another AI data annotation company gets sued.

    Surge AI is being sued over worker misclassification in California. The class-action suit was brought by the same firm that filed a similar suit against Surge’s larger rival, Scale AI, late last year. The complaint alleges that Surge exerts an extremely high level of control over how and when its contractors work and also accuses the company of failing to pay wages for the copious training and testing contractors must perform before being allowed to start on a project.

    Both of these problems were systemic in the annotation industry when I wrote about them two years ago.

    Inside the AI Factory

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    What do you love when you fall for AI?What do you love when you fall for AI?
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    Investigators suspect submarine data cables were deliberately cut.

    Earlier this year, I wrote about the difficult work of repairing subsea cables and their increasing geopolitical importance.

    Today, The Wall Street Journal reports investigators believe a Chinese freighter deliberately dragged its anchor for 100 miles along the Baltic seabed last week, severing two cables: one between Sweden and Lithuania and another linking Finland and Germany. They are looking into whether it is linked to Russia, which has denied involvement.

    The repair ship Cable Vigilance has already begun work on the Germany-Finland cable, according to Finnish broadcaster YLE.

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    The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloatThe invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat
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    Kevin Nguyen
    Gig workers deliver food, John Oliver delivers punch lines.

    Last Week Tonight’s segment about food delivery pulls heavily from Josh Dzieza’s terrific, award-winning feature, with a strong reminder to always tip.

    How AI can make history

    Large language models can do a lot of things. But can they write like an 18th-century fur trader?

    Josh Dzieza
    Inside the AI Factory

    How many humans does it take to make tech seem human? Millions.

    Josh Dzieza
    A history of metaphors for the internet

    Metaphors from the 1990s like ‘information superhighway’ have proven surprisingly persistent, taking on new forms and meanings. Metaphors like ‘the cloud’ are explaining newer parts of the web and subtly telling us how the internet ought to be used.

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    A history of metaphors for the internetA history of metaphors for the internet
    Now everyone claims Microsoft will build a data center on the Foxconn land in WisconsinNow everyone claims Microsoft will build a data center on the Foxconn land in Wisconsin

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