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Study Shows Where to Go to Find an AI Job

  It’s a brave new world: we’ve got self-driving cars, airport robots helping you find your gate, and refrigerators that can tell you when you need milk. Regardless of their purpose, smart tech has more Americans attuned to the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape these days. For many, that means excitement about the growing cache of AI jobs out there. It’s true that opportunities in AI are taking off, and a  new study  by moveBuddha shows hotspots where this niche job market is booming. With California’s long-time dominance in tech and startups, it only makes sense that almost 25% of the country’s AI jobs are in the Golden State. But there’s plenty of gold to go around. Up-and-comers are competing for dominance, and two states even have more AI jobs per capita than California: Virginia and Maryland each have 6 jobs available for every 10,000 residents. The study shows where AI jobs are taking off — and where job seekers might want to take off and relocate. This post sh...

Google Downsizes: Ends Contract With Appen's Search Quality Raters

  According to   a press release , Google has decided to terminate its contract with Appen. For those who are not aware, Appen is an Australian-based company that provides a large number of third-party search quality raters to Google and other tech giants. Search quality raters play an important role in streamlining Google's search results. ⁤⁤The search quality raters are not responsible for directly changing the rankings or the positioning of websites in the SERPs. ⁤⁤However, they do use specific guidelines to assess search performance. ⁤⁤Ultimately, this helps Google understand what content is useful for the audience. ⁤ Reports suggest that the move to lay off search quality raters will cause Appen a significant revenue loss o f $82.8 million. This move is expected to come into effect on March 19, 2024. Currently, Google employs around 16,000 search quality raters, and those from Appen make up a large portion of this group. It's unclear if Google plans to end contracts with ...

What Is The Current State Of The Global Creator Economy? This New Study Reveals It All

 A new  study  is shedding light on the current state of the creator economy around the globe. And after surveying around 9000 different creators, some facts are definitely worth a glance. Just when you thought content creators only wanted to be famous influencers, here comes a new study to prove that theory wrong. Today, many are aligning themselves in a manner where they’re looked upon as business owners. Today’s current state of the economy has made us realize one thing. More than 50% of firms in the US are planning to terminate jobs because they simply can’t pull through with this much recession. Even the tech industry has hit rock bottom in this regard. But despite these facts, you’ll be intrigued to learn that there are still more and more content creators arising in the market. A total of 165 million people globally identify themselves as creators, over the last two years. In America alone, we’re seeing the uprising of 35 million creators ever since the COVID-19 pa...