Posted 4/6/2024, 9:03:21 AM
Tech Companies Experiment with AI-Generated 'Synthetic' Data to Train Other AI Systems
- Synthetic data is data generated by AI to train other AI systems rather than using human-created data
- Tech companies hope synthetic data will reduce copyright issues and increase supply of training data
- But synthetic data risks amplifying flaws and biases if the original AI makes mistakes or is biased
- Synthetic data is not yet widely used - tech companies are still experimenting with it
- Using synthetic data could lead to AI systems training AI systems, rather than humans training them