Amazon makes sellers label AI-generated people in images after NY law

Amazon parcels are prepared for delivery at Amazon’s Robotic Fulfillment Centre. Nathan Stirk | Getty Images Amazon is requiring that third-party sellers label any product images or videos that contain “AI-generated people” after New York recently passed a law mandating greater transparency around “synthetic performers” in ads. The company informed sellers Wednesday of the policy…

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Tokens or humans? the new corporate trade-off

Artificial intelligence is turning out to be far more expensive than anyone expected, and CFOs at major U.S. companies are now facing a brutal new trade-off: tokens or humans. That was the picture two enterprise AI CEOs at the center of the buildout described to CNBC this week. Their accounts of what’s happening inside the…

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Coinbase cuts headcount by 14% citing AI acceleration

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said Tuesday that the company will cut roughly 14% of its workforce, or about 700 employees, citing a combination of market volatility and AI quickly changing how the company operates. The move comes ahead of Coinbase’s first-quarter earnings, which the company is scheduled to report Thursday. Shares fell 3% midday, after…

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