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alyaza [they/she] ( alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago

The rise and fall of robots.txt: As unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.

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The rise and fall of robots.txt: As unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.

www.theverge.com

alyaza [they/she] ( alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago
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    Yeah, I mean bad guys are going to commit murder too, doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be illegal.

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