{"id":219413,"date":"2026-05-24T19:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/uk-internet-users-unknowingly-give-tech-and-artificial-intelligence-firms-194000\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T19:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:10:09","slug":"uk-internet-users-unknowingly-give-tech-and-artificial-intelligence-firms-194000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/uk-internet-users-unknowingly-give-tech-and-artificial-intelligence-firms-194000\/","title":{"rendered":"UK internet users unknowingly give tech and artificial intelligence firms \u00a3194,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/tech\/uk-internet-users-data-ai-b2982765.html\">UK internet users unknowingly give tech and artificial intelligence firms \u00a3194,000<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/tech\/uk-internet-users-data-ai-b2982765.html\">https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/tech\/uk-internet-users-data-ai-b2982765.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-24 19:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.independent.co.uk\">www.independent.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Independent dedicates resources to cover issues ranging from reproductive rights to climate change, ensuring comprehensive stories while providing analysis without paywalls.<\/li>\n<li>They focus on separating facts from messaging, exemplified by investigative works like &#8216;The A Word&#8217; on reproductive rights, and reporting on political matters, such as Elon Musk&#8217;s PAC.<\/li>\n<li>British internet users are estimated to contribute up to \u00a3194,000 in commercial value to major technology and AI companies over their lifetimes.<\/li>\n<li>This substantial commercial value stems from the extensive digital footprints these users leave behind, including search queries, online purchases, and social media interactions.<\/li>\n<li>The vast personal data collected and used to train AI systems includes more than just targeted advertising, highlighting both the benefits and the privacy concerns involved.<\/li>\n<li>Major tech firms like Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and newer AI companies benefit significantly from this data utilization, with insights indicating potential annual earnings of up to \u00a31,000 per user.<\/li>\n<li>The value of the data used for AI training is so immense that it underpins the market valuation of several major tech companies, like Nvidia, now valued at trillions.<\/li>\n<li>The Web3 Foundation calls for greater transparency and user control over data use to ensure a more ethical and user-led internet as AI continues to develop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK internet users unknowingly give tech and artificial intelligence firms \u00a3194,000 https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/tech\/uk-internet-users-data-ai-b2982765.html Publish Date: 2026-05-24&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.the-independent.com\/2026\/05\/24\/15\/01KSCBXJD387P3HRKXCNC0HRHR.jpg?width=1200&height=800&crop=1200:800","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-219413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219415,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219413\/revisions\/219415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}