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The $10 Billion “Echo”: Why Paying Experts to Train AI Might Be a Bridge to Nowhere
There’s a new giant in Silicon Valley called Mercor. Valued at a staggering $10 billion (a massive jump from its $2 billion valuation just months ago), their business model is simple: they pay doctors, lawyers, and engineers to sit down … Continue reading
Posted in Technology in the News
Tagged ai, AI scraping, content scraping, entry-level jobs, Google AI, google ai overviews, Mercor, pizza glue, scraping, silicon valley, start-up, teach ai
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Webpage direct visits: bots, crawlers, or real visitors?
“Are webpage visits coming from a direct visit (vs a search) from bots or crawlers vs real visitors, or perhaps AI scrapers?“ Yes – a significant portion of direct webpage visits can come from bots, crawlers, and AI scraping content, … Continue reading
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Tagged ai, AI crawling, ai scrapers, analytics accuracy, bot traffic, bots, bots vs humans, content scraping, crawlers, direct traffic, fake direct traffic, fake traffic, google analytics, matomo, raw server logs, real visitors, robots, seo, SEO analytics, server logs, traffic analysis, web crawlers, website analytics, website monitoring
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