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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.

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TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago

The rise and fall of robots.txt

www.theverge.com

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

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The thing ruining the social contract of the web is the profit motive

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