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technology1 year ago

"The Data Race: Tech Giants' Quest for AI Training Sources"

Tech companies like Google, Meta, and OpenAI rely on vast quantities of online data to train their artificial intelligence models, with the success of AI hinging on the amount of data available. Large language models, such as OpenAI's GPT-3, have been trained on hundreds of billions to trillions of "tokens," which are essentially words or pieces of words, highlighting the critical role of data in the development of artificial intelligence.

politics2 years ago

US Intelligence Agencies Collecting Sensitive Personal Data on Citizens, Report Finds

A report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals that the US intelligence community acquires "a significant amount" of Americans' personal data, including commercially available information (CAI) that can reveal sensitive and intimate information about individuals. The report highlights privacy and counterintelligence concerns and recommends the development of a set of standards for the purchase and use of online data. Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, has committed to publicly releasing the framework once finalized. Senator Ron Wyden has called for legislation to put guardrails around government purchases and keep Americans' personal information out of the hands of adversaries.