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Vana plans to let users rent out their Reddit data to train AI
Vana wants to give Reddit users more control over their data -- including how it's monetized. It might be a long shot.
From big tech firms to startups, AI makers are licensing e-books, images, videos, audio and more from data brokers, all in the pursuit of training up more capable ( and more legally defensible) AI-powered products. They also want to create more personalized experiences — for instance, daily motivational voicemail based on your wellness goals, or an art-generating app that understands your style preferences — by fine-tuning public models on that data. Startups like Spawning are working on ways to allow creators to impose rules guiding how their data is used for training while vendors like Getty Images, Shutterstock and Adobe continue to experiment with compensation schemes.
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