Protege, an AI data platform unlocking access to trusted, real-world data at scale, today announced a new partnership with PiZetta Media, adding authentic emotional narrative audiovisual and interview content to Protege's growing catalogue sourced from high-quality media suppliers across six continents.

Through this partnership, PiZetta Media's library of video podcast interviews and mini-documentaries will be made available for responsible AI development. All content is de-identified and rights-protected for development use, unlocking authentic and emotion-rich narrative content that is difficult to recreate in staged, acted, or synthetically generated environments.

The collaboration is designed to help AI systems better understand and respond to genuine human emotion, particularly as more people turn to AI models for rendering life-like, emotionally deep scenes that reflect the full breadth of the human experience.

“Emotional authenticity is one of AI's big challenges right now,” said Ashley Snow, Protege’s Audio Partnerships Lead. “AI models can often struggle to capture real human facial expressions, tonal shifts, and the nuances of how people actually talk about difficult experiences. PiZetta Media's content provides genuine, emotional data that AI needs to learn from if we want these systems to interact with humans more empathetically and authentically.”

Current AI models can have a difficult time attempting to realistically depict nuanced emotions — from facial expressions during deep conversations to understanding the language patterns of people discussing emotional topics. By adding PiZetta Media's narrative content to Protege's growing catalogue, the two companies aim to help AI models develop more authentic emotional intelligence.

“As AI becomes something people turn to for support and connection, I want to ensure these systems can understand and respond to real human emotion authentically,” said Michael VanZetta, co-founder and CEO of PiZetta Media. “Partnering with Protege allows us to contribute to AI development in a way that prioritizes emotional storytelling and human-centered content over polished, sanitized narratives.”

The Protege and PiZetta Media partnership continues to deepen Protege's commitment to aggregating and supplying diverse datasets that are representative of the full spectrum of human experience. This content addresses a critical gap in AI training data focused on authentic emotional expression and storytelling.

About PiZetta Media

Founded in 2021 and with a 20-year broadcasting foundation, PiZetta Media produces video podcast-style interviews and mini-documentaries that explore deeply personal journeys. The company's mission is to create content that shows people they are not alone, and one of their goals is to help pioneer the intersection of human and AI emotional storytelling. 

About Protege

Protege is the trusted source for finding and sharing AI training data, enabling seamless and compliant data exchange. By empowering data holders and connecting them with AI developers, Protege supports the creation of thoughtful AI solutions. Protege's scientific & strategic approach allows AI teams to quickly discover and license a wide array of curated datasets across industries, expediting the time to obtain AI-ready data for model development.

The Protege Media team curates, licenses, and prepares diverse catalogues of film, television, and other media so that AI models can learn from a broader spectrum of languages, cultures, and content. Protege's vision is that the right training and evaluation data is used to reflect the entirety of the human experience, reducing bias and increasing representation.

To learn more about how your organization can unlock new revenue by ethically licensing your content for AI, fill out our partner information form or contact the Protege team at contact@withprotege.ai.