NEW YORK ― OkSeven content-licensing sellers of music, image, video, and other datasets for use in training artificial intelligence systems have formed the sector's first trade group, they said on Wednesday.The Dataset Providers Alliance will advocate for 'ethical data sourcing' in the training of AI systems, including rights for people depicted in datasets and the protection of content owners' intellectual property rights, the companies said in a statement.
The prospect that demand for licensed data will grow if copyright owners prevail in their legal fights has prompted the emergence of a nascent industry of companies that package content and sell access to it for use by AI systems.As a result, groups have been formed to establish ethical standards for that trade, like Fairly Trained, a non-profit founded this year which certifies models that have not used copyrighted materials without a license.