AI labs buy failed startups' archives to train models
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MIT Technology Review reported on October 13 that AI labs are buying the code, emails and chat archives of failed startups through companies such as SimpleClosure and Sunset, using them to train models and AI agents. SimpleClosure's Asset Hub has handled more than 150 such deals. Surge AI uses real archives to build reinforcement learning environments. No company has published a comparison of training results on real data versus alternative data.
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- MIT Technology Review · AIPickAI labs buy failed startups' data to train models
AI labs are buying the code, email and chat archives of failed startups through firms like SimpleClosure and Sunset to train models and AI agents. SimpleClosure's Asset Hub has handled more than 150 deals, and Surge AI uses real archives to build reinforcement learning environments. No company has published a comparison of training results on real versus synthetic data.
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