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AI Keeps Getting Smarter. Who’s Training It?

Machine learning tools are built with massive amounts of human labor, including yours (and Stephen King’s).

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Amy Maoz

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Inside the AI Factory

How many humans does it take to make tech seem human? Millions.

Your Gmail and Instagram Are Training AI. There’s Little You Can Do About It.

Tech companies are taking your conversations, photos and documents to teach their AI how to write, paint, and pretend to be human.

The People Paid to Train AI Are Outsourcing Their Work… to AI

It’s a practice that could introduce further errors into already error-prone models.

Wikipedia’s Moment of Truth

Can the online encyclopedia help teach A.I. chatbots to get their facts right — without destroying itself in the process?

These Prisoners Are Training AI

In high-wage Finland, where clickworkers are rare, one company has discovered a novel labor force—prisoners.

Stephen King: My Books Were Used to Train AI

One prominent author responds to the revelation that his writing is being used to train artificial intelligence.

Zoom Says It Isn’t Training AI on Calls Without Consent. But Other Data Is Fair Game

An update to Zoom’s terms of service is worrying some online that the company now has permission to use their videos and chat logs for artificial intelligence training with no ability to opt out.

Exclusive: OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour to Make ChatGPT Less Toxic

A TIME investigation reveals the difficult conditions faced by the workers who made ChatGPT possible.

Indigenous Knowledges Informing ‘Machine Learning’ Could Prevent Stolen Art and Other Culturally Unsafe AI Practices

There are many programs where people can generate art using AI. However, this comes with a risk of non-Indigenous people generating Indigenous art, which negatively affects Indigenous artists.

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