In this second installment on AI, we address the key issues
around the data being used to create and train an AI model,
specifically what needs to be considered in obtaining and using
it.
There are two main ways that AI developers obtain training data
for their models, in-licensing and gathering the data on their own
– which can be direct from customers and contacts – or
by scraping data from the web.
When licensing training data, AI developers are typically
looking for volume, and in many cases, they want the ability to
find a relevant data set to their goals. Fortunately, data brokers
have stepped up to fill this need. Once a developer has found the
broker, or other source, of the data set that they want, there are
some important topics that a developer must focus on in the
licensing agreement for the data, and those are:
