Jiahao Sun, founder of Flock.io on Monday laid out a clear vision of the data economy’s evolution over the next three to five years, one where users finally begin to earn from their data instead of giving it away for free.

Sun believes the core technical hurdle to decentralized data sharing lies in enabling connectivity between datasets while preserving privacy.

“If there are technologies where we don’t have to mix all data up but still respect the privacy… that’s the way forward,” he said.

Flock’s approach combines federated learning with blockchain governance, aiming to keep data local while enabling collaborative AI training.

Sun pointed to use cases like Google’s on-device typing…

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