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AI companies build 'fancier libraries' drawing users from free alternatives

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AI companies are creating sophisticated, curated experiences that resemble libraries, complete with storytellers and attractive staff, charging for access. These commercial ventures are drawing users away from traditional, free libraries, even as new free libraries are also being developed. Simultaneously, a movement against AI, termed the "antiAI crowd," advocates for extreme measures to protect original works. AI

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AI companies build 'fancier libraries' drawing users from free alternatives

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

    # AI companies built a fancier library with nicer furniture and hot librarians that make up stories about the books, and charge fees at the door. The original f

    # AI companies built a fancier library with nicer furniture and hot librarians that make up stories about the books, and charge fees at the door. The original free library is still there. People just stopped going to it. In fact, some people keep building nicer free libraries too…

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