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ChatGPT transcripts are reportedly read by humans to improve responses, including those with personal information — 'Project Lilly' has seen OpenAI hire hundreds of contractors to manually review logs (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-15 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: chatgpt, openai, project lily

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Trump blacklisting of "woke" Anthropic deemed illegal by federal judge (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-28 | tags: anthropic, claude ai, federal judge

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NYC Mayor Mamdani announces support for the Delivery Protection Act (engadget.com)

2026-08-10 | by Anna Washenko | tags: amazon, last-mile delivery, delivery protection act

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Are Ray-Ban Meta glasses a privacy risk? Here's what you should know (engadget.com)

2026-08-07 | by Karissa Bell | tags: contractors, features, glasses

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Elon Musk Allegedly Stiffing Contractors on Huge Bills (futurism.com)

2026-08-05 | by Frank Landymore | tags: filed, filed liens, liens

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NJ antitrust suit accuses Amazon of unlawfully wielding power over delivery contractors (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Kris Holt | tags: amazon, delivery service partner, antitrust lawsuit

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New Jersey sues Amazon on antitrust grounds, alleging it unlawfully wielded its power over delivery contractors (cnbc.com)

2026-08-04 | by Annie Palmer | tags: amazon, delivery contractors, antitrust

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Judge says Trump admin still lacks evidence for Anthropic ‘supply-chain risk’ label (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Rebecca Bellan | tags: anthropic, department of defense, ai models

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Judge says Trump admin still lacks evidence for Anthropic ‘supply chain risk’ label (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Rebecca Bellan | tags: anthropic, supply chain risk, department of defense

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Typo-Squatting Scammers Con South Carolina Town Out of $545K (slashdot.org)

2026-07-26 | by Posted | tags: typo-squatting, surfside beach, wildcat contractors

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Employers may no longer have to disclose race and gender data (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: equal employment opportunity commission, workforce demographics, federal contractors

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The Pentagon Is Finally Buying (Some) Weapons From Startups (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-20 | tags: pentagon, defense-tech, startups

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Meta Paid Hundreds of Contractors to Pretend to Be Teenagers While Barraging Its Competitors’ AI With Disturbing Content (futurism.com)

2026-07-04 | by Frank Landymore | get Meta AI Content Filter → | tags: contractors, hundreds, meta

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Considering plug-in solar at home? Electrical experts say to watch for these 6 safety risks (zdnet.com)

2026-07-02 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Home Solar Safety Kit → | tags: plug-in solar, microinverter, niceic

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Plug-in solar poses 6 safety risks, say electrical industry groups - here's when to call a pro (zdnet.com)

2026-07-02 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Electrical Safety Circuit Tester → | tags: plug-in solar, microinverter, electrical safety

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Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs (wired.com)

2026-06-29 | by Dhruv Mehrotra | tags: meta, chatgpt, gemini

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Launch HN: Rudus (YC P26) – AI for concrete contractors (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-02 | get Concrete Contractor AI Tool → | tags: rudus, concrete, estimation

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‘We’re Just Getting the Crumbs Here’: Contractors Protest Layoffs at Meta’s European Headquarters (wired.com)

2026-05-29 | by Joel Khalili | get Meta Contractors Protest Hoodie → | tags: meta, covalen, ireland

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'We’re Just Getting the Crumbs Here': Striking Contractors Protest Layoffs at Meta’s European Headquarters (wired.com)

2026-05-29 | by Joel Khalili | get Meta Protest T-Shirt → | tags: meta, covalen, content moderation

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Your Contractors Represent Your Brand. Are You Treating Them That Way? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-29 | by Scott Baradell | get Contractor Management Software → | tags: contractors, construction, oil and gas

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The Department of Labor’s Faith Leader Is Now Also in Charge of Its Civil Rights Enforcement (wired.com)

2026-05-21 | by Vittoria Elliott | get Civil Rights Enforcement Guide → | tags: department of labor, kenneth wolfe, civil rights enforcement

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The app this Nebraska roofing company built to help its business has become a super tool for contractors nationwide (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-13 | get Contractor Management App → | tags: app continues, app popular, based startup

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Former govt contractor convicted for wiping dozens of federal databases (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-08 | get Data Recovery Software Kit → | tags: federal contractors, u.s. state department, ashburn servers

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Army Asks Missile Makers to Hack Their Own Weapons (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-05 | tags: army, missile makers, defense contractors

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Meta Axes Contractors Who Had to Review Explicit Video From Smart Glasses (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-01 | get Meta Quest 2 VR Headset → | tags: meta, smart glasses, whistleblowers

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Meta cuts contractors who reported seeing Ray-Ban Meta users have sex (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-30 | tags: meta, ray-ban, sama

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Exploding number of AI data center build-outs delay Texas housing projects — data centers' high demand for electricians prices out contractors, homes now take two months longer to complete (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-30 | by Jowi Morales | get Smart Electrician Tool Kit → | tags: data centers, texas, ai hyperscalers

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4TB of voice samples just stolen from 40k AI contractors at Mercor (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-27 | tags: voice biometrics, mercor, lapsus$

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Pentagon ban of Anthropic faces judge; Claude AI maker seeks injunction (cnbc.com)

2026-03-24 | by Ashley Capoot | get AI Safety Compliance Kit → | tags: anthropic, claude ai, pentagon

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Doctor Reels as Son Becomes Plumber in Age of AI (futurism.com)

2026-03-23 | by Frank Landymore | get Plumbing Tools Kit → | tags: plumbing, financial times, associated builders and contractors