The stock of language data that artificial intelligences like ChatGPT train on could run out by 2026, because AIs consume it faster than we produce it
Technology
6 January 2023
AI chatbots like ChatGPT might not be able to get too much better if there is a shortage of new high-quality training data Ascannio/Alamy
The supply of high-quality language data used to train machine-learning artificial intelligence models may run out in three years, leading AI advancement to stagnate.
Machine learning powers AI programs like text-prompted image generator Midjourney and OpenAI’s chat-based text generator ChatGPT. Such models train on vast reams of human-created data from the internet to learn, for instance, when asked to draw a banana that it should be …