Artificial intelligence (AI) laboratories are buying workplace records – including Slack messages, emails, documents and source code written by employees – to train AI models, according to a report by Business Insider.
The employees whose daily work produces that data are rarely told about the sales and rarely receive payment, the report stated. The data is priced by the terabyte, anonymized and sold to AI companies, according to the report. Firms are receiving six-figure offers that require decisions within 48 hours, the report said, and the market includes data brokers such as Polyshares and Micro1.
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