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AI pays for Christmas present lists, offering £4-£200 per user

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A service called SantaAsAService.com is offering to pay individuals for licensing cleaned copies of their past Christmas present lists. The company assures users that their original records will remain untouched, and individuals with extensive records (5-10 years) are reportedly receiving estimates between £4 and £200. The service aims to provide a way for AI to license this data without compromising user privacy. AI

IMPACT This service could offer a new avenue for AI companies to acquire anonymized user data for training or analysis, potentially impacting data licensing markets.

RANK_REASON A service is offering to license user data for AI, which is a product/tool offering.

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AI pays for Christmas present lists, offering £4-£200 per user

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Hi, AI will pay to license a cleaned copy of your records of "Previous years Christmas Presents" No one touches your lists, you keep every original, and people

    Hi, AI will pay to license a cleaned copy of your records of "Previous years Christmas Presents" No one touches your lists, you keep every original, and people with 5-10 years of records are seeing rough estimates around £4 to £200. Could I ring you tomorrow and explain? Cheers, …

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