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A.I.’s Original Sin

Apr 16, 2024
Cade Metz, a technology reporter for The New York Times, dives into the murky waters of AI development by major tech companies. He reveals how these giants, in their race to innovate, often bend ethical rules regarding data collection. The discussion includes intense competition between OpenAI, Google, and Meta, raising questions about copyright and legal standards. Metz also touches on the challenges of AI training data and the need for human oversight, all while hinting at the broader implications of these actions for our tech-driven future.
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  • Tech giants exploited legal gray areas to amass data for AI development.
  • AI companies are exploring AI-generated data as a solution to data scarcity.

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The Race for Data in AI Development

Tech giants like OpenAI, Google, and Meta have been at the forefront of the AI race, aiming to develop advanced artificial intelligence systems. As these companies vied for more data to enhance their AI models, they resorted to questionable practices, such as scraping copyrighted data from sources like the internet, including YouTube videos. The pursuit of data to fuel AI innovations led to legal gray areas, with OpenAI even developing speech recognition technology to transcribe audio files into text for training their chatbot.

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