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AI companies are violating a basic social contract of the web and and ignoring robots.txt (www.theverge.com)
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[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 141 points 8 months ago (3 children)

As unscrupulous AI companies crawl for more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.

Honestly it seems like in all aspects of society the social contract is being ignored these days, that's why things seem so much worse now.

[–] maness300@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago

It's abuse, plain and simple.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 15 points 8 months ago

Governments could do something about it, if they weren't overwhelmed by bullshit from bullshit generators instead and lead by people driven by their personal wealth.

[–] PatMustard@feddit.uk -2 points 8 months ago

these days

When, at any point in history, have people acknowledged that there was no social change or disruption and everyone was happy?