Leading AI researchers and organizations are concerned that AI progress may halt due to a lack of high-quality data for models like ChatGPT and Claude.
Stanford University's AI Index 2025 Report warns about the rapid depletion of internet training data, raising concerns about a digital drought that could impede AI advancement.
MIT's Data Provenance Initiative has observed a significant decrease in available content as publishers and platforms restrict data access for AI companies.
The rising scarcity of data raises the question of whether Large Language Models (LLMs) will exhaust their data sources before achieving the desired advanced capabilities, potentially stalling AI progress.