In the Weights launches as an AI-centric vanity search engine
Tags AI · Consumer · OSS
In the Weights, a new AI-centric vanity search tool created by Joey Flynn and Thomas Dimson, lets users discover how AI models "see" them by analyzing their presence in training data. The tool generates a score based on how prominently a person appears across the datasets used to train large language models, offering a glimpse into the otherwise opaque world of AI training data composition. The project raises questions about data provenance, consent, and the visibility of individual identities within foundation model training corpora.
Technical significance
In the Weights makes tangible the abstract question of who is represented in AI training data. As regulators and litigants increasingly scrutinize training data provenance, tools like this could become relevant for data subject access requests under GDPR and similar frameworks, and for individuals assessing their exposure to AI-generated content about themselves.