ZDNet

Beware of AI 'model collapse': How training on synthetic data pollutes the next generation

To feed the endless appetite of generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) for data, researchers have in recent years increasingly tried to create "synthetic" data, which is similar to the ...
Wired

Anthropic Will Use Claude Chats for Training Data. Here’s How to Opt Out

Anthropic is starting to train its models on new Claude chats. If you’re using the bot and don’t want your chats used as training data, here’s how to opt out. Anthropic is prepared to repurpose ...
PBS

AI ‘gold rush’ for chatbot training data could run out of human-written text as early as 2026

Artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT could soon run out of what keeps making them smarter — the tens of trillions of words people have written and shared online. A new study released Thursday ...
MIT Technology Review

AI companies are finally being forced to cough up for training data

The music industry’s lawsuit sends the loudest message yet: High-quality training data is not free. This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like ...
MIT Technology Review

The robot race is fueling a fight for training data

AI is upending the way robots learn, leaving companies and researchers with a need for more data. Getting it means wrestling with a host of ethical and legal questions. Since ChatGPT was released, we ...
The Economist

Training AI models might not need enormous data centres

Once, the world’s richest men competed over yachts, jets and private islands. Now, the size-measuring contest of choice is clusters. Just 18 months ago, OpenAI trained GPT-4, its then state-of-the-art ...