"Shanna Johnson, the CEO of now-defunct software company cielo24, told the publication that she was able to sell every Slack message, internal email and Jira ticket as training data for 'hundreds of thousands of dollars.'"
"I think the privacy issues here are quite substantial. Employee privacy remains a key concern, particularly because people have become so dependent on these new internal messaging tools like Slack...It's not generic data. It's identifiable people."
Defunct startups are capitalizing on their digital footprints by selling internal communications as training data to AI companies. cielo24's CEO reported earnings in the hundreds of thousands from selling Slack messages and emails. SimpleClosure has noted increased interest from AI firms and has facilitated over 100 deals, with payouts ranging from $10,000 to $100,000. However, this practice raises substantial privacy concerns, as anonymized data can still contain identifiable information about employees, leading to ethical dilemmas regarding data usage in the workplace.
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