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AI data‑labeling platform Handshake has acquired data‑label‑auditing startup Cleanlab in an acqui‑hire deal. The move adds Cleanlab’s co‑founders and nine key engineers to Handshake’s research team, aiming to improve the quality of human‑generated data for top AI labs. Cleanlab, founded in 2021, had raised $30 million and built algorithms that automatically flag incorrect labels. Handshake, valued at $3.3 billion in 2022, expects the acquisition to strengthen its data‑quality offering for customers such as OpenAI. Ler mais

A wave of senior departures has hit Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab, with three top executives leaving for OpenAI and additional staff expected to follow. At the same time, Anthropic is attracting alignment and safety researchers from OpenAI, including a senior safety lead who focuses on mental‑health‑related AI responses. The moves underscore intense competition for AI talent, highlighted by OpenAI’s latest hire of a former Shopify engineering director to work on its long‑rumored operating system. Ler mais

OpenAI announced an acqui‑hire of the three co‑founders behind Convogo, a platform that helped executive coaches and HR teams automate leadership assessments. The deal does not include Convogo’s technology or product, which will be discontinued, but brings the founders—Matt Cooper, Evan Cater, and Mike Gillett—into OpenAI’s AI cloud efforts under an all‑stock arrangement. The move reflects OpenAI’s ongoing strategy of using acquisitions to acquire talent and accelerate capabilities, adding to a series of recent purchases that have either integrated products into OpenAI’s ecosystem or shuttered them as teams joined the company. Ler mais

Emergn research reveals a split view on AI training responsibility. While 81% of employees expect employers to provide upskilling, 83% of CEOs believe workers should train themselves. The gap extends to senior leaders, with 64% of COOs and 59% of CTOs sharing the CEO stance. The lack of adequate training could deter two‑thirds of job seekers and risk delays in digital transformation, higher churn, and reduced productivity and wellbeing. Companies face a critical challenge in balancing expectations to stay competitive in the AI‑driven talent war. Ler mais