External Data Use for Swift Student Challenge

Hello,

Although the Swift Student Challenge for 2025 has not yet been announced and is not officially taking place, I have a question regarding last year’s rules in the Swift Student Challenge. This is, of course, assuming the rules will be similar if the challenge runs again next year.

I am interested in utilizing CreateML to design a text classifier model. Given the substantial amount of data required for machine learning, am I allowed to outsource data from open-source libraries and/or social media platforms, provided that these resources abide by their terms of service? My primary concern is if I must create my own data as that will be time-consuming and more biased.

Thank you, Jesse

Answered by DTS Engineer in 807749022

Questions like this are hard to answer because they require interpretation of English. As a technical person, I’m only qualified to interpret code (-:

This is, of course, assuming the rules will be similar if the challenge runs again next year.

Yes. And that there will even be a 2025 challenge! (-:

However, I think that it’s reasonable for you to look at this year’s rule and then adapt to change if necessary. And the closest thing that I can see that covers your question is:

You may include third-party open source licensed code and/or public domain images and sounds, with credit and an explanation of why it was used.

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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

Accepted Answer

Questions like this are hard to answer because they require interpretation of English. As a technical person, I’m only qualified to interpret code (-:

This is, of course, assuming the rules will be similar if the challenge runs again next year.

Yes. And that there will even be a 2025 challenge! (-:

However, I think that it’s reasonable for you to look at this year’s rule and then adapt to change if necessary. And the closest thing that I can see that covers your question is:

You may include third-party open source licensed code and/or public domain images and sounds, with credit and an explanation of why it was used.

Share and Enjoy

Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

Yes. And that there will even a 2025 challenge! (-:

And a few hours after I wrote that, it was announced: Apple’s Swift Student Challenge to open in February 2025.

I swear I didn’t know about that!

Share and Enjoy

Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

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