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Micro1 pays companies up to $2M for internal data to license to AI labs

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Micro1 is reportedly paying between $100,000 and $2 million to midsize companies for access to their internal data, including communications from platforms like Google Workspace, Confluence, and Slack. This data is then licensed to AI model developers. The company claims to transform the data to protect privacy, but employees whose data is used are unlikely to receive compensation or have a say in the process, raising significant data sovereignty and privacy concerns. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns about data privacy and employee consent for AI training data, potentially impacting future data sourcing practices.

RANK_REASON Company is licensing data to AI labs, which is a tool/service offering.

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Micro1 pays companies up to $2M for internal data to license to AI labs

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · arietrouw ·

    Micro1 says it pays $100k to $2M per midsize company for internal data (Google Workspace, Confluence, Slack, CRM) to license to AI labs. Employees likely see no

    Micro1 says it pays $100k to $2M per midsize company for internal data (Google Workspace, Confluence, Slack, CRM) to license to AI labs. Employees likely see nothing from it. The people who wrote those messages had no say and get no share. That's the data sovereignty problem in o…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · chryptorlabs ·

    Micro1 says it pays $100k to $2 million per midsize company for internal data, to license to AI model developers one seller handed over its Google suite, Conflu

    Micro1 says it pays $100k to $2 million per midsize company for internal data, to license to AI model developers one seller handed over its Google suite, Confluence, Slack messages and CRM Micro1 says it transforms the data to protect privacy employees "aren't likely to get any c…

    LINKS businessinsider.com/micro1-invests-licens…

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