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which it outgrew in nine months. They felt the name
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money that will go toward projects using AI. Six winners have been announced as of
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added an option for moderators to specify why a photo is rejected. That same year, Parse partnered with CrowdFlower to add photo moderation to its backend services designed for mobile app development.
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