Big Tech Firms Search for New Data to Fuel AI Models
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Big Tech firms like Meta, Google, and OpenAI are running out of online data to train their AI models, so they are searching for creative new data sources.
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Google considered using consumer data from Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Maps to train its AI systems.
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Meta executives discussed buying the publishing house Simon & Schuster or paying to license books to obtain more data.
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OpenAI is exploring using synthetic data created by AI systems to train its models.
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Photobucket, which hosted photos for early social networks, may license its database of pictures to tech firms.