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Chinese AI companies can access cheaper or free training data by training on copyrighted PDFs, which is permitted under China's different regulatory environment.
Misha Laskin · Beam: The Great American Open Model with ReflectionAI Co-Founder and CEO Misha Laskin · 9 Oct 2026
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“They have access to data that is much cheaper and free because you can just train on PDFs that are copyrighted in China and it's okay,”
“just different regulation.”Play from 37:38Report a misattribution
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