Bright Data
Coverage of Bright Data in the Nexus archive.
- The emergence of the web data infrastructure layer for AI
Enterprises face challenges using AI due to blocked or unstructured web data, necessitating a new infrastructure layer to enable real-time discovery and mapping of web content. Or Lenchner of Bright Data emphasizes the need for systems to access fresh, relevant, and trustworthy data to improve AI accuracy and business decisions.
- Both U.S. and Chinese AI firms are setting up shop in Singapore. Can the country become Asia’s neutral AI hub?
Singapore is attracting both U.S. and Chinese AI firms like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, and Tencent as a neutral hub due to its regulatory clarity, stability, and access to top tech talent from universities like National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University. Companies are expanding operations there to leverage its position as a trusted gateway for global AI innovation.
- Free Apps Are Quietly Turning Smart TVs Into Web-Scraping Proxies for AI
A researcher found that Bright Data's iOS SDK, embedded in free apps, turns devices like smart TVs into exit nodes for web-scraping traffic used by the AI industry. The company, successor to Luminati, claims to operate the world's largest residential proxy network.