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Google might pay to peek at your code.

The company is lagging behind Anthropic, OpenAI, and even Microsoft when it comes to AI coding tools, but 404 Media reports it’s found a novel way to expand its training base of code: offering to pay Android developers for access to the innards of their apps.

Google might pay to peek at your code.

TL;DR

  • Google is allegedly offering payment to Android developers for access to their app code.
  • This strategy is intended to expand the company's code training data for AI development.
  • Google aims to improve its AI coding tools, as it is currently behind competitors.
  • The information was reported by 404 Media.