Rethinking AI data: From scraping to sustainable and ethical data sharing
The OECD's VIADUCT initiative examines growing tensions in AI training data acquisition, questioning the sustainability of web scraping and exploring alternatives centered on ethical data-sharing frameworks that account for copyright, GDPR compliance, and equitable access.
Why this matters: A shift away from indiscriminate scraping toward consent-based data-sharing models could strengthen individuals' control over how their personal content and information fuels AI systems — a meaningful development for data rights under frameworks like GDPR.
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