How tech giants cut corners to harvest data for AI

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Written By Bruce Barcott

Photo: Jason Henry for The New York Times

The race to lead A.I. has become a desperate hunt for the digital data needed to advance the technology. To obtain that data, tech companies including OpenAI, Google and Meta have cut corners, ignored corporate policies and debated bending the law, according to an examination by The New York Times. Read the full Times investigation here.

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