AI Data Startups Pay for Work Files and Emails to Train Models
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Wired reports that data acquisition startups including Handshake, Mercor and Micro1 are paying companies and individuals for professional documents, emails and workflow records to train AI models.
Mercor CEO Brendan Foody says personal identifying information is stripped out before the data is delivered. Anthropic says it does not buy workflow data from live companies like Wired.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Nov 6, 11:32 AM ET
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- Wired · AINewsAI Companies Really, Really Want to Buy Your Work Files and Emails
AIWired reports that data acquisition startups such as Handshake, Mercor, and Micro1 are paying companies and individuals for professional documents, emails, and workflow records to train AI models. Mercor CEO Brendan Foody says personal identifying information is stripped out before delivery, while Anthropic says it does not buy workflow from live companies like Wired.
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