VITecNet@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoReddit sells training data to unnamed AI company ahead of IPOarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1491arrow-down113
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minus-squareUndearius@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·9 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-down2·9 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.