EDIT: I did a search in the community for Reader Mode on Android and it looks like Android doesn’t have an API that allows for apps to use Reader Mode, but Safari on iOS does.
TLDR; They can’t add it to Android because Chrome doesn’t support that feature.
Bloomberg reports that the company has instituted a new rule that places a monthly $1,500 cap per employee and per agentic coding tool, including Anthropic’s Claude Code or Cursor.
Wow, imagine if they had put that budget into paying their employees.
$1500 per employee per agent per month? So assuming that's between three agents, that's literally $4500 per employee per month that they're choosing to waste instead of just paying their employees better...
Sounds like an opportunity for workers to sabotage the system by using AI too much without increasing productivity. Let the assholes figure it out for themselves.
Ok... Unfortunately, the current model is absolutely not that. So I'm not going to make the person making Uber deliveries to make ends meet suffer by stiffing them on the tip
I think the user decides how much to tip in advance, and the app conveys that information to potential matches. Orders with low tips tend to sit there unclaimed, because no driver wants to bother with that
I'm not sure if Uber does it that way, but Doordash does.
But you're seeing a screenshot of an unmatched order that no driver has claimed yet. I'm saying that unless an actual match is accepted, that's not really evidence that people in a place don't tip well, just that some people don't get their orders filled.
If you never give less than $5, then any order you're involved in will involve at least a $5 tip. That may not be representative of the orders you're not involved with.
You know what's crazy is we're still in the "charge not enough to make money" phase of these VC backed startups trajectory.
It's gonna be wild when we aren't in the "hook the users with unrealistic token prices" phase.
Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in 4 months
AI is getting expensive, and some companies are cutting back on usage in an attempt to moderate costs. That cohort includes Uber, which recently instituted internal usage caps as a way to cut down on its exorbitant AI spend.
Bloomberg reports that the company has instituted a new rule that places a monthly $1,500 cap per employee and per agentic coding tool, including Anthropic’s Claude Code or Cursor. The usage is trackable via an internal dashboard that each employee has access to, although — in certain cases — the caps can be exceeded with permission, the company says.
The news is perhaps not too surprising, since, in April, the company’s CTO revealed that the ridesharing giant had blown through its entire annual AI budget in a matter of four months. That appears to have occurred after Uber encouraged staff to use AI “as much as possible” and even ranked their internal usage competitively on internal leader boards, The Information previously reported.
Uber’s COO, Andrew Macdonald, also recently cast doubt on AI’s productivity impact, noting during a podcast appearance that “it’s very hard to draw a line” between AI usage and new consumer features.
Uber’s cutback raises a broader issue that the tech industry is currently facing: As enterprises pour money into AI, where exactly is the return on investment? Indeed, AI ROI has so far remained a largely theoretical phenomenon that everybody hopes will eventually materialize — although some companies are obviously getting a little restless while they wait.
It's literally on the thumbnail... There's 5 well known AI products and this random thing. Are they trying to make it seem that it's on the same level?
Have we really gone from commenting based on intelligently reading the article, to reading only the title, to commenting just based on the generic stock image thumbnail?
65 Comments
adarza@lemmy.ca · 116 pts · 85d
blowing the budget is their own damn fault. they put up a leaderboard, ffs.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 84d
criss_cross@lemmy.world · 77 pts · 85d
Fucking gross trying to make people think the site crashed to trick people into turning off their adblocker .
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip · 19 pts · 84d
If you use Voyager, go to the settings and turn on the setting that opens links in Reader Mode. You’ll be able read articles without all that BS.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 84d
Where is that setting? I'm not seeing anything that looks right in my settings.
criss_cross@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 84d
Looks like it’s in general
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 84d
I'm not seeing that option, it looks like it's specific to using safari.
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 84d
It’s says safari, but it should say “default browser”.
I don’t use safari and it works fine. If you are on Android, it might say something else?
P1nkman@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 84d
Does not exist in android 😭
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 84d
Is this an iPhone feature? I can't find anything for Android
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 84d
I’m not sure. Maybe post about it in the Voyager community and the devs can advise or add it?
!voyagerapp@lemmy.world
EDIT: I did a search in the community for Reader Mode on Android and it looks like Android doesn’t have an API that allows for apps to use Reader Mode, but Safari on iOS does.
TLDR; They can’t add it to Android because Chrome doesn’t support that feature.
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 84d
Could you tell me where the setting is supposed to be?
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 84d
It’s on the General Settings tab. I just learned that it doesn’t work on Android though because Chrome doesn’t support that feature.
LodeMike@lemmy.today · -1 pts · 84d
It's in a section explicitly marked as Safari why would that work on Android?
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 84d
I wouldn’t have any way of knowing what settings are on Android, would I? I don’t know if there’s a Chrome version or not.
I’m just trying to help other people find a cool feature.
criss_cross@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 84d
I initially got around it by opening in safari and hiding distracting items but I like this solution better.
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 84d
Safari also has a reader mode. You can choose to set it automatically based on the site.
These modes disable JavaScript and makes articles much easier to read. It works with some paywalls too, but not all.
HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org · 50 pts · 85d
BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world · 54 pts · 85d
They went from threatening people's jobs if they didn't use more AI, to threatening people's jobs if they use too much AI.
And it's ALL the workers' fault, the dummies. Let's replace them all with AI.
halfapage@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 85d
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works · 33 pts · 85d
That's a lot. I recently reported a coworker who was spending over 100 euros on ai. We're a school.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 84d
Wow, imagine if they had put that budget into paying their employees.
$1500 per employee per agent per month? So assuming that's between three agents, that's literally $4500 per employee per month that they're choosing to waste instead of just paying their employees better...
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 84d
Sounds like an opportunity for workers to sabotage the system by using AI too much without increasing productivity. Let the assholes figure it out for themselves.
HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org · 6 pts · 84d
Some companies are already firing people to save on salary costs and pay more for AI.
It seems to be basically crack for the command centers of capitalist companies.
Dearth@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 83d
AI seems like a genius solution for the mediocre and the lazy. I guess all these tech companies are full of mediocre and lazy people in the c-suite.
Unfortunately it's a bit of an "emperors new clothes" situation as none of them will admit AI is worse than what they were told
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 85d
Meanwhile...
criss_cross@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 85d
Jesus that’s it?!?! That’s less than 6/hr assuming the 20 minute estimate holds (which it won’t)
I don’t think that covers the gas…
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 85d
What? How??
Are people in TX bad tippers?
potustheplant@feddit.nl · 16 pts · 84d
I would say that Uber is a shitty company. Tipping is bs, you should get paid a decent salary and it's your employer's responsability to do that.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -1 pts · 84d
Ok... Unfortunately, the current model is absolutely not that. So I'm not going to make the person making Uber deliveries to make ends meet suffer by stiffing them on the tip
potustheplant@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 83d
That's a good way to perpetuate the cycle. Also, who tips BEFORE getting a service?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 83d
Someone who wants to order delivery food because they're pretty much forced to?
potustheplant@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 82d
You can give the delivery driver a tip when they get there. I've been doing that for decades.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 82d
Yeah I know. I also imagine that's the #1 way they get stiffed on tips so might be less likely to accept the delivery
GamingChairModel@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 84d
I think the user decides how much to tip in advance, and the app conveys that information to potential matches. Orders with low tips tend to sit there unclaimed, because no driver wants to bother with that
I'm not sure if Uber does it that way, but Doordash does.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 84d
Yeah but how cheap is the delivery itself, if the total with tip is under $2?
I never go less than $5 when I use these apps, and I usually get pretty good service
GamingChairModel@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 83d
But you're seeing a screenshot of an unmatched order that no driver has claimed yet. I'm saying that unless an actual match is accepted, that's not really evidence that people in a place don't tip well, just that some people don't get their orders filled.
If you never give less than $5, then any order you're involved in will involve at least a $5 tip. That may not be representative of the orders you're not involved with.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 83d
Right, I guess I assumed it was posted because it's a normal occurrence in that area.
I mean yes...? No shit?
MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 85d
You know what's crazy is we're still in the "charge not enough to make money" phase of these VC backed startups trajectory. It's gonna be wild when we aren't in the "hook the users with unrealistic token prices" phase.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 84d
site is dead with adblock, before anyone bothers to visit it
shitty website = downvote
Davel23@fedia.io · 6 pts · 84d
What adblocker are you using? Site works fine with Ublock Origin in Firefox.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 84d
plain firefox and an outdated pihole
jobbies@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 84d
Oh thats sad. Wouldn't have wished it on a better corporation...
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 84d
wizzkidd@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 85d
Lol
tekato@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 84d
I guess more AI doesn’t mean more productivity. Who could’ve imagined?
abfarid@startrek.website · -24 pts · 85d
Wtf is Poe? Is this an ad for Poe?
HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org · 20 pts · 85d
Did the article exceed your context window?
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 85d
I’ve got tokens coming out of my ass.
abfarid@startrek.website · -23 pts · 85d
I had no intention of reading the article. But why we you so antagonistic? Are you the creator of Poe?
abfarid@startrek.website · -13 pts · 85d
Sometimes Lemmy crowd really confuses me. Am I supposed to know what Poe is? Is it not ok to make a joke at its expense?
nulluser@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 85d
Between the comments here and the article itself, there are exactly three mentions of whatever tf it is you're talking about... all from you.
abfarid@startrek.website · -6 pts · 85d
It's literally on the thumbnail... There's 5 well known AI products and this random thing. Are they trying to make it seem that it's on the same level?
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 85d
Have we really gone from commenting based on intelligently reading the article, to reading only the title, to commenting just based on the generic stock image thumbnail?
abfarid@startrek.website · -4 pts · 84d
You're allowed to comment on any aspect of a post. You also don't have to read the articles you don't care about.