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AI era scraping debate lacks easy answers, says CDT event

The Critical Decision Tool (CDT) hosted a multistakeholder event at Georgetown Law to discuss the complex issue of web scraping in the age of AI. The event highlighted that there are no simple solutions, as all parties involved represent valuable aspects of the internet that society should aim to protect. The discussion focused on the ongoing debate surrounding AI preferences and the future of the open web. AI

IMPACT Highlights the ongoing challenges and lack of clear solutions regarding data scraping for AI training, impacting future data access and web openness.

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AI era scraping debate lacks easy answers, says CDT event

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

    "There are no easy answers to questions of scraping in the AI era. As we learned when CDT hosted a multistakeholder event on this topic at Georgetown Law in the

    "There are no easy answers to questions of scraping in the AI era. As we learned when CDT hosted a multistakeholder event on this topic at Georgetown Law in the spring, 'Internet Scraping and the Future of the Open Web in the Internet Age', all sides represent values or capabilit…