gentle data reminder, from a paywalled article in the financial times about airbnb expanding to hotels :
Airbnb’s [head of hotels, Jesse] Stein said as well as its competitive fee structure, hotel owners would gravitate to the platform because of its pool of “young and affluent consumers” and the “insane amount of data” it held on users’ preferences.
insane amounts of data. that's what we're providing these companies with, in their own words. sure, ai is stealing some, but we're shoveling the bulk of it into the borg with our own hands
Belarus will bald selbst Gespräche über queere Themen oder gleichgeschlechtliche Beziehungen unter Strafe stellen. Noch ist das Gesetz nicht unterzeichnet – dieses Zeitfenster ist entscheidend.
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