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Free Software Advocates Criticize Use of Code in Proprietary AI Models

A public service announcement has been issued regarding the use of Free Software code as context for proprietary AI models. The announcement criticizes coders who contribute their work to these models without explicit permission, singling out Linus Torvalds for his involvement with Claude. AI

IMPACT Raises ethical questions about data sourcing and intellectual property in AI development.

RANK_REASON The item is a public service announcement and opinion piece criticizing the use of free software code in proprietary AI models.

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Free Software Advocates Criticize Use of Code in Proprietary AI Models

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Find attached a public service announcement! This includes the # FreeSoftware coders that are feeding others' # code as context to # proprietary # slop machines

    Find attached a public service announcement! This includes the # FreeSoftware coders that are feeding others' # code as context to # proprietary # slop machines without asking... Looking at you, Linus Torvalds: https://www. phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torval ds-Claude-Code # PSA # No…