Your photos are being scraped and sold to AI labs: inside the AI data broker economy
LadyAshBorg · x · 2026-10-20
Recommending Erik Newhard's article on AI data brokering: anyone can capture your photos, videos and daily life without your knowledge, package it, and sell it to labs for training. Key points: our physical lives are now the data; even top labs often don't know what they're getting from brokers (per Ilya); and the burden of protection has shifted to individuals.
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