VITecNet@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoReddit sells training data to unnamed AI company ahead of IPOarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1492arrow-down114cross-posted to: redditwasfun@lemmy.worldtech@kbin.social
arrow-up1478arrow-down1external-linkReddit sells training data to unnamed AI company ahead of IPOarstechnica.comVITecNet@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square43fedilinkcross-posted to: redditwasfun@lemmy.worldtech@kbin.social
minus-squareUndearius@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·10 months agoIt’s one thing if you’re processing and doing work with the data but Reddit will be getting $60,000,000 a year for simple having the data.
minus-squareFaceDeer@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·10 months agoThey can’t do the work without the data, though. Or rather, they can’t do the work without the risk of Reddit raising a legal fuss that would cost them more than $60 million. The data itself can already be downloaded for free from various places.
It’s one thing if you’re processing and doing work with the data but Reddit will be getting $60,000,000 a year for simple having the data.
They can’t do the work without the data, though.
Or rather, they can’t do the work without the risk of Reddit raising a legal fuss that would cost them more than $60 million. The data itself can already be downloaded for free from various places.