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VERB A.I. pays some users $50 a month to access data
NBC News· 2025-07-24 04:00
Business Model & Value Proposition - Generation Lab's Verb AI pays users $50 per month to track their phone usage data, excluding private messages and financial information [3] - Verb AI creates a digital twin of users to allow pollsters and advertisers to directly query their preferences [3][4] - Verb AI aims to gather data from 1,000 users this month and 5,000 by the end of the year [7] Data & Technology - Verb AI uses phone tracker app to log user behavior, including browsing and purchasing activities [3] - The AI platform analyzes data from users' phones, social media, and search history to determine their preferences [6] - Verb AI differentiates itself from traditional polling by measuring actual behavior rather than stated intentions [5] Market & Industry - The attention economy is a multi-billion dollar industry where tech companies profit from user data [1] - Cyrus Bash believes individuals should profit from their own attention and behavior [2] - The company is targeting 18-34 year olds in swing states to understand their news consumption habits [4]
The Age of Distraction | Mariam Neri | TEDxYouth@OCSA
TEDx Talks· 2025-06-23 15:34
Hello everyone. My name is Miam Ner and today I will be talking about the age of distraction. Are we consuming or being consumed.Now I want you guys, the audience, to picture this. You're just sitting down and chilling and you get a notification on your phone. One video leads to another when you're scrolling on TikTok.One episode becomes another episode. Next thing you know, it's been hours, the sun's gone down, and your brain feels like a mush. By show of hands, how many times has this happened to you.Oh, ...