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Amazon uses AI to monitor union risk in UK warehouses
openDemocracy reports that internal Amazon documents made public in a Canadian court case describe Atlas, an in-house AI forecasting tool that draws on 'hundreds of data points' including social media and staff feedback to predict union activity at warehouses in the US, Canada and UK.
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Inside Polymarket's paid quote-retweet esports program"This needs to look organic," wrote a Polymarket rep in an internal Discord server for the program.
ReaderGrev's Mikhail Klimentov reports that Polymarket pays more than 800 social media users, including esports commentators, players and creators, to quote-retweet posts from its branded esports accounts on X. Drawing on the program's Discord and its PolyTrack payout dashboard, he details how participants are recruited and paid, its disclosure guidelines, and why the 'look organic' push raises questions.
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Meta's new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites, legal experts say
Legal experts say Meta's updated commercial terms, effective Oct. 30, let the company scrape websites associated with business accounts—raising alarms for news publishers locked into Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
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How The Philadelphia Inquirer built Scrape, an AI tool to surface hyperlocal news leads
A Lenfest Institute case study on Scrape, the Philadelphia Inquirer's AI tool that combs municipal meetings, school calendars, and social pages for hyperlocal newsletter leads; built with daily editor feedback and newsletter-specific briefs, it grew into critical infrastructure for six newsletters, with lessons on scaling and cost-quality trade-offs.
4 min · 1,025 words