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Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

Goddammit.

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Oxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian library

theguardian.comOxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian libraryUniversity staff voice concerns over reputational risk of partnering with company behind ChatGPT The University of Oxford has allowed the company behind ChatGPT to train its AI models on historical texts from its Bodleian library, as tech companies scour academic institutions for fresh data. The Bodleian material digitised by OpenAI has been used to “populate the OpenAI training set”, according to internal documents. Continue reading...

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Arion Xeno
@arionxeno.bsky.social

Bonkers. Don’t they know the limitations of LLMs? The problems in this commercial space? The personal reputation of Sam Altman? This is almost like contemporary of dancing with the devil.

Chris B. ❌👑
@chrisboftheeast.bsky.social

I really think it is an extension of cognitive capture of elites/execs. It used to be driven by their preferred think tanks, then they all did what the "consultants" said, now they are all brain rotted from their AI agents/chat bots. Gonna need a resistant generation to flush em out

Arion Xeno
@arionxeno.bsky.social

Yes, a shame. The people at Oxford are meant to be quite bright. They are also supposed to be capable of robust reasoning and long term planning. I hope they have charged a good sum and have been paid in advance.