Yaniv Benhamou calls for new institutions to ensure that the people whose knowledge trains AI models share in the returns.
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Innovation
Aug 11, 2026
Yaniv Benhamou
Millions of people continuously generate the raw material on which AI is trained, yet almost none shares in the wealth it creates. This underscores the need for data cooperatives representing internet users, creators, and other rights holders to negotiate access to the content being fed to large language models.
Yaniv Benhamou calls for new institutions to ensure that the people whose knowledge trains AI models share in the returns.
Millions of people continuously generate the raw material on which AI is trained, yet almost none shares in the wealth it creates.
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