MIT Technology Review · AI· Matthew King·· 3 d ago
AI labs are buying data from dead startups to train their models
AI labs are buying data from dead startups to train their models
AI summary
When Keelan Miskell began winding down his crypto startup this year, he didn’t think its data was worth much: the users were anonymous, the company just a few years old. But he’s since turned the firm’s digital archives into real money.
Selection record
Threshold 76Media and individualsFirst 71Second 71
Not admittedSum of both 142 < twice the threshold 152
- Source tier
- Media and individuals; this tier's threshold is 76
- Pre-filter
- passed：AI实验室购买倒闭初创数据训练模型
A model scores each item twice, independently, against one written standard, out of 100. An item is admitted only when the two scores add up to twice the threshold. The threshold is set per source tier.
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