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Rewiring the Matrix: Grass's Blueprint for AI's Data Democracy

Grass is democratizing data in the AI revolution by turning millions of internet users into data miners

> This article explore the current challenges in AI data we face and how Grass, as a democratic data layer of AI, works to foster a more equitable and innovative AI landscape

Data accessibility is another emerging problem, where smaller companies and open-source projects are struggling with limited access to public web data for AI training. More and more large social platforms have begun to charge or raise fees for their API access. For example, X stopped supporting free access to their API in February 2023. Soon after, Reddit announced its intentions to charge fees for its API in April 2023, a feature which had been free since 2008. The exorbitant amount of data cost is becoming a significant barrier for smaller players to engage in AI development.