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Tuesday, August 18, 2026
ANTICIPATE FUTURE LLM TRAINING DATA TRENDS FROM AGGRESSIVE SOURCING
Amazon aggressively sources training data, even destroying rare books.
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long-term
AI ethicists, data scientists, LLM researchers, legal teams
◆ What Changed
Data acquisition: Traditional → Hyper-aggressive, even destructive.
◇ Why It Matters
Future LLMs might have more diverse, yet ethically questionable, data.
🛠 Builder Opportunity
Develop ethical AI data sourcing and auditing tools.
⚡ Next Step
→ Scrutinize data provenance for any LLMs you use or train.
📎 Sources