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Google pays developers for Play Store app code to train AI

By PulseAugur Editorial · [5 sources] ·

Google is reportedly offering to pay Android app developers for access to their codebases to train its AI coding tools. This confidential pilot program aims to improve Google's developer products, with developers retaining intellectual property rights. The move suggests Google is seeking high-quality, real-world code to compete with rivals like Microsoft and Anthropic, as publicly available internet data becomes insufficient for training advanced AI models. AI

IMPACT Signals increased competition for proprietary data to train AI, potentially impacting developer revenue and AI model quality.

RANK_REASON Significant industry move involving a major tech company acquiring proprietary data for AI training.

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Google pays developers for Play Store app code to train AI

COVERAGE [5]

  1. 404 Media TIER_1 English(EN) · Jason Koebler ·

    Google Is Quietly Buying Code From Play Store Developers to Train AI

    Google is trying to buy code from some Android developers as part of a "confidential" program.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 한국어(KO) · [email protected] ·

    Google Is Quietly Buying Code from Play Store Developers to Train AI

    Google Is Quietly Buying Code from Play Store Developers to Train AI 구글이 일부 안드로이드 개발자들에게 비공개 프로그램을 통해 플레이스토어 앱의 코드 접근권을 구매하겠다고 제안하고 있다. 이 코드는 구글의 AI 코딩 도구 학습에 활용되며, 개발자는 지적재산권을 유지하면서 추가 수익을 얻을 수 있다. 구글은 공개 웹 데이터만으로는 충분한 AI 코딩 모델을 만들지 못해 실제 작동하는 코드 확보에 나선 것으로 보인다. 이는 AI 학습용 데이터 확보…

    LINKS 404media.co/google-is-quietly-buying-code…
  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 Italiano(IT) · [email protected] ·

    Google buys source code from Play Store developers to train its AI Google is reportedly contacting some developers privately

    Google acquista il codice sorgente dagli sviluppatori del Play Store per addestrare la propria AI Google starebbe contattando in via riservata alcuni sviluppatori di app Android per acquistare i diritti di utilizzo del loro codice sorgente. L'obiettivo, secondo fonti vicine alla …

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

    Google is offering to buy Android app code from developers to train its AI coding tools via a confidential pilot programme. Developers with millions of download

    Google is offering to buy Android app code from developers to train its AI coding tools via a confidential pilot programme. Developers with millions of downloads have been emailed offering payment for their source code. Google has fallen behind competitors like Anthropic and Micr…

    LINKS 404media.co/google-is-quietly-buying-code…
  5. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Google reportedly approached Play Store devs with a "confidential content offer" — paying for access to their codebases to train AI tools. Worth noting: what's

    Google reportedly approached Play Store devs with a "confidential content offer" — paying for access to their codebases to train AI tools. Worth noting: what's being bought isn't just code, it's training signal. The terms, the scope, and what "confidential" means for future model…

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