Inside Big Tech’s underground race to buy AI training data

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Inside Big Tech’s underground race to buy AI training data

Tech giants like Google, Meta and Microsoft-backed OpenAI initially used reams of data scraped from the Internet for free to train generative AI models like ChatGPT that can mimic human creativity. At the same time, these tech companies are also quietly paying for content locked behind paywalls and login screens, giving rise to a hidden trade in everything from chat logs to long forgotten personal photos from faded social media apps. Read full s…