Taiwan's Sovereign AI Training Corpus has grown significantly since its launch last December, now containing over 5,000 datasets and 2.1 billion tokens. Minister of Digital Affairs Lin Yi-ching says the data reflects Taiwanese culture and is shared with development teams across Taiwan, Japan and the US. The corpus spans folk customs, languages, ecology, tourism, law and history, and the ministry plans to expand it with more private content gathered with creators' consent.
President Donald Trump played down concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence, dismissing warnings from industry leaders who have called for slowing AI development. The report was filed from Washington, highlighting a growing divide between political leadership and those advocating for stronger AI regulation.
Jack Lakis, a senior at Penn, argues that universities should embrace AI tools rather than banning them. He says his classes are now entirely no-tech, blocking laptops and AI use, which he believes removes critical thinking from assignments. He points to Dartmouth President Sian Beilock as a leader who supports integrating AI into education, saying schools should prepare students for a world where the technology is everywhere.
Key Takeaways
- Taiwan's Sovereign AI Training Corpus now holds 2.1 billion tokens across 5,000 datasets, tripling since December
- The corpus covers Taiwanese culture including folk customs, languages, ecology, tourism, law and history
- Taiwan shares its AI training data with development teams in Taiwan, Japan and the US
- President Donald Trump dismissed warnings about AI dangers and called for no rules on the technology
- Industry leaders have urged slowing AI development, contrasting with Trump's stance
- Penn student Jack Lakis urges schools to embrace AI instead of banning it in classrooms
- Dartmouth President Sian Beilock is cited as an example of a leader who supports AI in education
- Lakis says all-tech bans at Penn remove critical thinking from student assignments
- Taiwan's ministry plans to gather more private content for the corpus with creators' consent
Taiwan grows AI training data to 2.1 billion tokens
Taiwan's Sovereign AI Training Corpus has more than tripled since it launched last December. The platform now holds over 5,000 datasets and 2.1 billion tokens. Minister of Digital Affairs Lin Yi-ching said the data reflects Taiwanese culture and is shared with development teams in Taiwan, Japan and the US. The corpus covers topics like folk customs, languages, ecology, tourism, law and history. The ministry plans to gather more private content with creators' consent.
Trump calls AI danger warnings a hoax
President Donald Trump played down the need for rules on artificial intelligence. His comments came as industry leaders called for slowing AI development. Trump dismissed warnings about the dangers of AI. The report was filed from Washington.
Penn student urges schools to embrace AI tools
Jack Lakis, a senior at Penn, argues that universities should accept AI instead of banning it. He says all his classes are now no-tech, blocking laptops and AI use. He believes this approach hurts students by removing critical thinking from assignments. He points to Dartmouth President Sian Beilock as an example of a leader who supports AI. Lakis says AI is here to stay and schools should prepare students for a world where it is used everywhere.
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