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A Brown University undergraduate has mapped the hidden global labor force that powers AI, revealing that many workers in the Global South are paid low wages for the work that enables algorithmic systems. The research highlights the often-unseen human cost behind AI.

AI and Society • Hacker News

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Google expanded AI Search ads globally as core ad growth slows. The announcement came alongside parent company Alphabet's third-quarter earnings report, which saw revenue grow 25% year over year to $127.6 billion.

Google DeepMind and the World Resources Institute released ForTy, a global map classifying forests and land into six categories using satellite data and AI. The map could support EU deforestation tracking, though it identifies only about half of planted forests and tree-crop areas and 60% of plantations.

AI Applications • The Decoder