作者：宋海燕 刘芳源
当前，生成式人工智能（generative artificial intelligence，以下简称“生成式AI”）的发展突飞猛进，而此过程需要海量数据的支持，尤其是在模型训练阶段。故而，实践中很多生成式AI模型的训练往往依赖于爬虫工具从互联网上大量爬取数据。例如，OpenAI公司的ChatGPT模型曾通过互联网爬取第三方网站中的电子书籍、文章、数据库等570GB、超过3000亿个单词用于训练AI模型。
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Updated September 12, 2024. Originally posted August 7, 2024.
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I. Artificial Intelligence
Federal Legislative Developments
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