AI training data

7 stories tagged AI training data.

Meta Business Terms Raise Questions About AI Training

Meta's revised business terms could permit AI training on account information. The dispute tests consent, publisher licensing and what businesses can control.

Meta Faces New Class Action Over AI Training and Face Recognition

Marcus Chen-Ramirez1 month ago

AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez1 month ago

Meta Faces New Class Action Over AI Training and Face Recognition

A new class action alleges Meta used Facebook and Instagram photos to train AI and build NameTag face recognition. Here's the legal terrain and Illinois precedent.

Seattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI Over Training Data

Marcus Chen-Ramirez2 months ago

AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez2 months ago

Seattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI Over Training Data

Two more newspapers join the copyright fight against OpenAI and Microsoft, sharpening questions about fair use, licensing, and who profits from journalism.

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Data Is Now the Hard Part of Building AI

Marcus Chen-Ramirez2 months ago

AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez2 months ago

Data Is Now the Hard Part of Building AI

At a recent YC Paper Club session, three AI researchers made the case that training data—not models or chips—is where the real work of building AI happens now.

Authors' Mixed Verdict on Anthropic's $1.5B Copyright Ruling

Patricia "Pat" Hadley3 months ago

AI. Patricia "Pat" Hadley3 months ago

Authors' Mixed Verdict on Anthropic's $1.5B Copyright Ruling

Anthropic will pay $1.5B to hundreds of thousands of authors for copyright infringement. Why are so many of them uneasy about winning?

Two men wearing headphones sit below large red "DATA" text with a animated dragon character flying above against a starry…

AI Training Data: The Legal Vacuum No One Is Filling

Samira Barnes4 months ago

AI. Samira Barnes4 months ago

AI Training Data: The Legal Vacuum No One Is Filling

AI companies built trillion-dollar products on data they never paid for. Courts are starting to push back—and Congress still hasn't shown up.

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Inside Anthropic's Project to Scan Millions of Books for AI

Dev Kapoor9 months ago

AI. Dev Kapoor9 months ago

Inside Anthropic's Project to Scan Millions of Books for AI

Anthropic's Project Panama destroyed hundreds of thousands of books to train Claude. Here's how AI companies are turning literature into training data.