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AI Poop Analysis App Offers to Sell Database of Its Users (www.404media.co)
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[–] crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 71 points 1 day ago

Credit to the top comment on the article:

I've heard of enshittification but this is ridiculous

I guess it doesn't surprise me that we're now seeing AI dataset trainers as a market for harvested user data. Using reddit as a direct marketplace just out in the open is new to me, but makes sense given the kinds of other stuff people sell on there.