Crowdsourcing Week

27/11/2025

Before the web, science crowdsourced memory over mail and notebooks. Today, it’s global, instant and more powerful than ever.

🔗 👉 https://www.aip.org/library/ex-libris-universum/crowdsourcing-science-memory-before-the-web-1932-1969-today

In April 1969, Physics Today published a photograph of the American Physical Society’s 1932 banquet at the Ambassador Hotel in Atlantic City. The striking group portrait, dense with faces, was paired with an open call to readers: How many diners can you name and locate?

24/11/2025

Crowdsourced AI is now listening to the rainforest, literally. When millions contribute, nature finally has a voice.

This is crowdsourcing at its finest.

🔗 👉 techbuzz.ai/articles/google-launches-forest-listeners-crowdsourced-ai-for-rainforest-conservation

20/11/2025

When LEGO crowdsources, they don’t just build toys — they build innovation. 🧱

Discover how LEGO’s crowdsourcing strategy powered its 21st-century resurgence 🔗 👉 https://crowdsourcingweek.com/blog/lego-success-through-crowdsourcing/

LEGO Ideas

Crowdsourcing examples such as LEGO show how corporates can gain ideas from people who lack business experience but are keen brand supporters.

19/11/2025

Innovation meets humanity: harnessing crowdsourced photos to identify fallen heroes.

Tech can heal, honor, and bring closure.
https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/07/how-crowdsourcing-and-phone-cameras-could-help-bring-fallen-soldiers-home/

A UC Berkeley archaeologist is building a reference system that can expedite recovery of the remains of service members killed in World War II.

18/11/2025

Crypto treasuries are becoming the engine of crowdsourced science.

Blockchain is turning research into a decentralized, unstoppable network.

🔗 👉 https://tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:71af89c73094b:0-crypto-treasuries-and-blockchain-are-paving-the-way-for-decentralized-science/

08/11/2025

Powering the next wave of LLMs starts with the crowd. From scale to accuracy, proven crowdsourcing fuels smarter AI faster.

Explore how collective intelligence is redefining the future of data.

👉 https://crowdsourcingweek.com/blog/crowdsourcing-llm-data/

Check out how crowdsourcing provides scalable access to LLM data and expertise needed for training and fine-tuning Large Language Models.

05/11/2025

The idea that decentralization happens overnight? Just a myth.

True crypto networks are built over time — with trust, governance & community at the core.

More here 👉 https://hackernoon.com/the-myth-of-instant-decentralization-in-crypto-networks cc: BOLD Awards

If you read a brand-new network proclaiming full decentralization from day one, you should raise an eyebrow. Let’s explore this myth in crypto.

27/10/2025

When complexity rises, collective intelligence becomes a superpower. Crowds don’t just solve problems, they redefine what’s possible.

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https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/maximize-the-wisdom-of-the-crowd-for-complex-problems/

Guiding crowds with tailored instructions boosts innovation in tackling complex problems through crowdsourcing.

20/10/2025

Can crowdsourcing solve the data center power crunch? ⚡️

Innovators like Voltus are tapping collective energy resources — turning distributed power into a new kind of crowdsourced grid.

🔗 https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/virtual-power-plants/voltus-supply-data-center-energy-needs-cloverleaf

Data centers want to connect to the grid faster. Voltus says virtual power plants can help them do so — and cut costs for everyday utility customers.

17/10/2025

Rethinking how we assign work in space and time — crowdsourcing meets intelligence.

A new model-embedded approach to spatial task allocation transforms hybrid, multi-task scenarios into coordinated human-AI collaboration.

🔗👉 https://bit.ly/3W7wgUu

14/10/2025

From drivers to data heroes 🦸‍♂️

Hawaii’s BOLD move to crowdsource dashcam footage shows how collective intelligence can power safer, smarter mobility.

🔗 https://highways-news.com/state-of-hawaii-looking-to-crowdsource-road-safety-data-with-dashcams/

Hawaii DOT is to distribute 1,000 dashcams to drivers in a bid to aid the identification of road surfaces in need of repair and to document reckless driving. Participants could potentially also upload footage to their social media accounts, says Government Technology. Readers of the Honolulu Star

09/10/2025

In an age where everyone needs help, how do we decide who to give to? 💭

A thought-provoking look at generosity and crowdfunding in crisis.

👉 https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/464196/gofundme-crowdfunding-generosity-nonprofit-giving-charity-crisis via Vox

Everyone needs help on GoFundMe. So how do we give?