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VISWAM.AI Releases Draft Licence Protecting Datasets
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VISWAM.AI, a joint initiative of Swecha and IIIT Hyderabad with SFLC.in, released a draft licence for public consultation to address gaps in open-source licences for AI training data, announced at a stakeholder roundtable at IIIT Hyderabad. The licence aims to protect community-created datasets, enforce reciprocity and attribution, and require verifiable provenance to prevent large companies exploiting community data.
Key Points
- 1Proposes draft licence protecting community datasets used for AI training, released for public consultation.
- 2Seeks community ownership and reciprocity to prevent large companies exploiting datasets without contribution.
- 3Requires verifiable provenance and metadata to identify bias and ensure dataset safety and accountability.
Scoring Rationale
Strong relevance and official announcement, but limited geographic scope and shallow coverage constrain immediate industry-wide effect.
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