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AI companies' data scraping threatens free online knowledge resources

By PulseAugur Editorial · [2 sources] ·

Users are concerned that AI companies are scraping vast amounts of collectively created online information, such as from Wikipedia, Reddit, and Stack Overflow, to train their models. This data, generated through free user labor, may soon be locked behind paywalls or token-based pricing by AI companies. There is a fear that valuable resources like Stack Overflow could be taken offline due to these monetization strategies, leading to a loss of accessible knowledge. AI

IMPACT Potential loss of free, accessible knowledge bases due to AI monetization strategies.

RANK_REASON User commentary on the potential impact of AI data scraping on online knowledge resources.

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AI companies' data scraping threatens free online knowledge resources

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    We are going to pay through the nose to get access to the information we all collectively gathered and created on sites like WikiPedia, Reddit, StackOverflow, a

    We are going to pay through the nose to get access to the information we all collectively gathered and created on sites like WikiPedia, Reddit, StackOverflow, and more. All that free labour we all did to write and curate this information... scraped and locked behind the coming # …

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  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    I still reference SO daily for my work. But how long until they have to take the entire site offline and we're left without this valuable resource? How do you e

    I still reference SO daily for my work. But how long until they have to take the entire site offline and we're left without this valuable resource? How do you even keep monetizing this? What a sad waste. StackOverflow had its flaws for sure, but it was an incredible resource of s…

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