When Is it Okay to Use Data for AI?

Developing AI requires a lot of data and, in many cases, this data comes from third parties. But organizations willing to share data for computational uses have not had easy-to-use licenses for distributing data. Many common licenses, such as the Creative Commons licenses, were developed without consideration for how data could be used for machine learning. The absence of model data sharing agreements has put off many data owners who would otherwise be eager to share their data, thus hindering AI development. To address this problem, Microsoft has published three model data use agreements designed to address if and how data could be used for AI development.