Innovation

Is the University of Michigan Is Selling Student Data to Train AI?

‘DEEPLY UNETHICAL’

It is unclear whether those included in the datasets consented to having their audio and texts used in such a manner.

The University of Michigan M is seen at the Michigan football stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S., September 18, 2018.
REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

The University of Michigan has allegedly sold 85 hours of audio recordings from various academic settings including lectures, interviews, office hours, study groups, and student presentations to third parties for the purposes of training artificial

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