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With AI exploiting businesses’ data, when do we get paid and by whom?

Businesses are increasingly feeling hard done by when it comes to artificial intelligence exploiting their data. It is time we figured out who is going to foot the bill

10 May 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI), data mining, deep learning modern computer technologies.

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