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Cursor looks into selling your data for AI training (pivot-to-ai.com)
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(how Silicon Valley’s made its money for the past 20 years)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBgfoVd1VeE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250912-cursor-looks-at-selling-your-data-for-ai-training - podcast

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 8 points 1 day ago

Now, you might object: Anysphere wouldn’t be abusing just their customers’ data. Their customers’ customers’ data may have non-disclosure agreements with teeth. Then there’s personal data covered by the GDPR and so on.

If we're lucky, this will spook customers into running for the hills and hasten its demise. Whatever magical performance benefits Cursor's promising isn't gonna be worth getting blamed for a data breach.