As artificial intelligence continues its rapid expansion into the physical world, much of the industry’s attention has focused on increasingly capable robots, larger AI models, and the vast datasets required to train them.
But a growing number of observers are asking a different question: who owns the data that makes physical AI possible, and who should benefit from it?
Kate Shen, co-founder of Anaxi Labs, is among those pushing the debate into the spotlight. Her company is developing infrastructure for what it describes as a global AI and robotics data supply chain, with a particular emphasis on worker consent, data ownership, compensation, and regulatory compliance. [Read more…] about Physical AI’s looming data rights battle: Interview with Kate Shen of Anaxi Labs