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Cursor looks into selling your data for AI training (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 1 day ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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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

time: 5 mins 44 sec

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[–] dgerard@awful.systems 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

enterprise code is already shit and vibe coding has made it worse, if they train on this the model collapse should be glorious

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

Not to mention, Cursor's going to be training on a lot of highly sensitive material (sensitive data, copyrighted code, potential trade secrets) - the moment that shit starts to leak, all hell's gonna break loose on the legal front.