💼 AI Companies Invest Billions in Residential Proxies
To train LLMs, companies are actively using residential proxy networks for mass data collection. Research from the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) shows that networks such as IPIDEA cover tens of millions of unique IP addresses.
🌍 The growing demand for residential proxies creates cybersecurity challenges, as these networks can be used not only for AI training but also for DDoS attacks. This is stimulating the development of bot protection technologies.
👤 The scale of using home devices for "information mining" is changing the understanding of training methods for modern models.
Source 1: https://letsdatascience.com/news/ai-companies-drive-demand-for-residential-proxies-cdc14ba9 Source 2: https://nanog.org/events/nanog-97/content/5771