Anthropic · India · Meta · Federal Reserve (FED) · U.S. · China · Rest of World
Fed up with Big Tech, communities turn to data collectives for control
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A growing pushback against big tech companies, and greater awareness of the value of data, is spurring interest in data collectives and cooperatives, which give communities control over the collection, management, and distribution of their data.
Key facts
- He began with Dawoodi, which had about 300 speakers, and Kalasha, with some 3,000 speakers, and collected voice data in 39 languages from communities and local organizations in Pakistan
- They cover a wide range: The Kerala Food Platform enables about 2,500 farmers in the southern Indian state to trace and market their produce, including rice, fish, fruits, and vegetables
- An OpenAI or Anthropic is not going to prioritize a language that’s only spoken by 1 million people,” he said
- In the African continent, which has long been subject to extractive practices, the Nwulite Obodo Open Data License, launched in 2024, enables creators, communities, researchers, and others to share
Summary
Marginalized communities and creators are forming data cooperatives to claw back control from Big Tech’s scraping practices. These grassroots collectives ensure that local communities, not Silicon Valley, dictate how their data are used. By leveraging collective bargaining, these groups are successfully forcing tech giants to negotiate for data rather than exploit it. A handful of tech companies dominate the generative artificial intelligence industry, with American and Chinese frontier models controlling the lion’s share of the market.