马斯克的AI伴侣这样开发？美媒：200多员工“贡献”人脸训练Grok

Core Points - xAI, a company owned by Elon Musk, has initiated an internal project requiring employees to record their facial expressions to train its AI model, Grok, to understand human emotions [1][2] - The project, named "Skippy," involved over 200 employees and has raised concerns regarding the potential use of their likenesses and the implications of consent [1][6] Group 1: Project Overview - The project aims to train the AI model Grok to recognize and analyze facial movements and expressions during conversations [2] - Employees were instructed to engage in 15 to 30-minute dialogues while recording their facial expressions, with one acting as a virtual assistant and the other as a user [2] - The training data's role in the recently released virtual avatars, Ani and Rudi, remains unclear [2] Group 2: Employee Concerns - Many employees expressed discomfort regarding the use of their data and the consent agreement, with some opting out of the project [6][7] - Concerns were raised about the possibility of the company using their likenesses to create derivative images that could misrepresent their views [7] Group 3: Data Usage and Consent - The project lead indicated that the data collected would be used solely for training purposes and would not be distributed externally [5] - Employees were required to sign a consent form granting xAI "permanent" access to their data, which could potentially be used in commercial products [5]