Frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic need vast amounts of data in the race to achieve AGI. That’s why they’re spending billions on it.

Meanwhile, the data companies are banking on AGI requiring countless new datasets to get there.

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It's a new day, and that means a new batch of Verge articles are completely free to read (until tomorow).

First up, from @joshdzieza.bsky.social: The world’s largest encyclopedia became the factual foundation of the web, but now it’s under attack.
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Getting copied is devastating — but not necessarily illegal. Who owns what in an era of unprecedented mass consumption?

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Our first free story is from @miasato.bsky.social:

We have never been so aware of all the things there are to purchase, and the frictionlessness of shopping apps disguised as social media has created an army of voracious buyers. What has this abundance done to us?

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