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Satya Nadella: Paywalled content requires AI training licenses

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated in a legal deposition that any paywalled content should be licensed for AI training. He indicated that OpenAI would need to retrain its models if they were found to be using such data. Nadella's comments highlight concerns about the AI industry's self-regulation and its use of potentially unlicensed data for model training. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential future licensing requirements for AI training data, impacting model development and data sourcing.

RANK_REASON CEO's statement on AI training data licensing, not a direct release or policy change.

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Satya Nadella: Paywalled content requires AI training licenses

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (who earns upwards of $100,000,000 a year) said in a legal deposition that "anything that is paywalled should be licensed by anyone

    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (who earns upwards of $100,000,000 a year) said in a legal deposition that "anything that is paywalled should be licensed by anyone who wants to use it…for grounding or training”, and that he would "require OpenAI to retrain its models" if he knew that…