AI BriefingUS AI Firms Sell Training Data to China
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Forbes reported that US AI data companies are selling large-scale training data to Chinese Big Tech firms.
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According to Forbes, US AI data and talent companies such as Surge AI, Mercor, AfterQuery, and Turing are providing training data to Tencent, Alibaba, and ByteDance while simultaneously supporting the training pipelines of OpenAI and Anthropic.
The total transaction volume is estimated at approximately $500 million annually.
- AfterQuery is reportedly generating over $50 million in annual recurring revenue from Chinese AI labs.
- Mercor's China-related revenue was mentioned as being around 2% of a $2 billion run rate.
- The report also included details about the CEO of Surge AI visiting Beijing to meet directly with executives of Chinese AI labs.
Forbes reported that these transactions are an ongoing commercial practice, citing not only anonymous sources but also internal documents and recordings.
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