come up with sth. belt-tightening, cut corners.How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.As developers run out of data to train their models, they are turning to “synthetic data” — data made by the artificial intelligence itself.

How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.

OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies and altered their own rules as they sought information to train their newest artificial intelligence systems.

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What to Know About Tech Companies Using A.I. to Teach Their Own A.I.

As developers run out of data to train their models, they are turning to “synthetic data” — data made by the artificial intelligence itself.

Faced with dramatically lower tax revenues because of the ailing economy, 22 states are trying to balance widening budget gaps. Decreases in payroll, property, and sales taxes have left state governments struggling to come up with a combined total of $11.2 billion to meet their budgets, prompting them to cut jobs and services. The belt-tightening is just beginning, according to the Los Angeles Times, but even as states are cutting corners, the federal government is relying on their assistance...

Definition

come up with sth phrasal verb
to suggest or think of an idea or plan:
She's come up with some amazing scheme to double her income.

Idioms:

cut corners

Do something in the easiest or least expensive way; also, act illegally. For example, Cutting corners in production led to a definite loss in product quality, or If the accountant cuts corners the auditors are sure to find out. This term alludes to rounding a corner as closely as possible in order to shorten the distance traversed and/or save time. [Late 1800s]