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The ride-hailing giant has reportedly offered AI “coders for hire” since at least November. Ride-hailing giant Uber is promoting its data labeling services to potential clients following Meta’s 49% acquisition of Scale AI — a move that reportedly unsettled some companies previously partnered with Scale, including OpenAI and Google. In an interview with Fortune, Uber executive Megha Yethadka said the company is expanding its AI business by offering large-scale data sets and tools to organizations developing in-house AI models. This includes licensing Uber’s data labeling platform and related technologies to help customers build AI agents. “For Uber, our core has always been being the platform of choice for flexible on-demand work,” Yethadka said. “That extends itself really well to this business of digital tasks now.” Read more

Uber is exploring dollar-pegged stablecoins as a tool for transferring funds across its global network, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said on June 5 at the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco.  Khosrowshahi explained that blockchain-based tokens could settle payments faster than traditional correspondent bank channels and eliminate layers of foreign exchange fees.  He said that stablecoins […] The post Uber eyes stablecoins for faster settlements, lower FX costs for global operations appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Jacob Irwin-Cline said that he doubts he will ever recover the stolen crypto, which represents his life savings. An American tourist in the United Kingdom was reportedly drugged by an individual posing as a taxi driver, who stole the tourist's $123,000 in Bitcoin stored on a cell phone. According to a report from My London, Jacob Irwin-Cline went out to a London bar and had several drinks before calling an Uber to take him home. Cline said that he did not thoroughly check the details of the Uber ride on his phone and left with a random private cab driver resembling the Uber driver at first glance, but driving a different vehicle — a detail Cline would only discover after the incident. Read more