AI startup Shift is offering New York residents free house cleaning services in exchange for allowing cleaners wearing camera-equipped 'magic hats' to record the work—capturing real-world home environment data to train future household robots.
The world's largest open library published an llms.txt file addressing AI systems directly, offering bulk download pathways via GitLab, torrents, and a JSON API while inviting LLM providers to donate instead of circumventing CAPTCHAs.
HN’s reaction centered on the trust cost of turning everyday employee input into AI training material, not on whether Meta needs more data.
GitHub updated its Privacy Statement and Terms of Service on March 25, 2026 to allow training and product improvement on Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ interaction data. The changes take effect on April 24, while Copilot Business and Enterprise accounts are excluded.