Defined.ai to Google, Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft: Marketplace price points stated by Defined.ai's CEO for licensed training data (earnings split with content providers).
Rates vary by buyer and content type
Dated 5 Apr 2024Source checked 5 Apr 2024Quote found on its page again 17 Oct 2026Basis: stated
In the source's own words
“Rates vary by buyer and content type, but Braga said companies are generally willing to pay $1 to $2 per image, $2 to $4 per short-form video and $100 to $300 per hour of longer films. The market rate for text is $0.001 per word, she added.”
Where it was read
Reuters (archived copy on gwern.net), checked 5 Apr 2024
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- Photobucket to Undisclosed tech companies (in talks): IN TALKS, NO SIGNED DEAL REPORTED: licensing of Photobucket's 13 billion photos and videos for generative AI training; rates discussed by the CEO.
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