A startups quixotic quest to fight AI slop

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News Summary

  • Tastem is a company that trains AI models on what is good, and what is not.
  • CEO Thais Castello Branco: AI excels in objective domains like coding, but struggles in subjective areas like design, creative writing, and fashion.
  • Taste Labs is creating taxonomies of quality, starting with product websites, slide decks, and brochures, before branching out to higher-order creations.
  • The central question Taste Labs raises is: Do we want AI to define what is great?
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