Open data platforms: Democratizing AI development

- [Instructor] So far we covered how to build a data procurement strategy, now let's explore a specific procurement option that's become increasingly important, open data platforms. These platforms can dramatically reduce your data costs, but only if you use them wisely. Let's take a look at how to go about doing that. When you're working on an AI project, sourcing data doesn't always mean starting from scratch. Open data platforms provide an incredible opportunity to access high quality data sets that are ready to use. These platforms can save you time, reduce costs, and help you focus on building your model instead of spending weeks or months collecting and cleaning data. One of the biggest advantages of open data platforms is that they provide more than just raw data. Platforms like Google Dataset Search include metadata, information about the data, such as what it contains, how it was collected, and the licensing terms. This helps you quickly decide if a dataset fits your…