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Big Tech scans Dutch books for AI training, sparking language model concerns

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Big Tech companies are acquiring used Dutch books at low prices to scan them for AI training. This raises concerns about whether models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic will surpass Dutch and European language models in proficiency. The question is posed whether a proactive scanning effort is needed to develop AI models aligned with Dutch and European standards, or if this linguistic competition is already lost. AI

IMPACT Raises questions about the future of Dutch language AI models and the need for local data initiatives.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece discussing the implications of Big Tech's AI training practices on Dutch language models.

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Big Tech scans Dutch books for AI training, sparking language model concerns

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 Nederlands(NL) · [email protected] ·

    We will not stop BigTech from buying relatively cheap second-hand Dutch books and scanning them to train AI. How do we prevent that

    We gaan niet tegenhouden dat BigTech relatief goedkoop tweedehands nederlandse boeken gaat kopen en die gaat inscannen om AI te trainen. Hoe voorkomen we dat de modellen van OpenAI, Google en Anthropic nog beter (!) zijn/worden in de Nederlandse taal dan nederlandse en/of europes…

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