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This Tech Exec Quit His Job to Fight Generative AI's Original Sin

Ed Newton-Rex quit his job at startup Stability AI over ethical concerns about its collection of training data. His nonprofit Fairly Trained aims to deter startups from scraping the web.

Ed Newton-Rex's nonprofit is trying to encourage companies to be more thoughtful about sourcing training data for AI projects. So far, nine companies have received the certification, including image generator Bria AI, which trains exclusively on data licensed from sources like Getty Images, and music generation platform LifeScore Music, which licenses work from all the major record labels. He compares AI models built on unlicensed data to Napster and the Pirate Bay, and his own company to Spotify.

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