AI Data Laundering - Waxy.org

An article by Andy Baio examining how AI companies use datasets and models from academic and nonprofit research groups. It describes Meta's Make-A-Video using Shutterstock clips and YouTube videos collected by Microsoft, and notes nonprofit datasets used for Stable Diffusion and other models. It argues this outsourcing shifts accountability and legal liability away from corporations.

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waxy.org/2022/09/ai-data-laundering-how-academic-and-nonprofit-researchers-shield-tech-companies-from-accountability/
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