• green_red_black@slrpnk.net
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    6 days ago

    Not when the source is paying that part of the bill, AKA the AI company (or in this case Microsoft.)

    “You can plug our site into your AI models. But you need to pay the estimated cost of the increased traffic plus some odd percentage.”

    I am honestly only guessing myself since greed doesn’t make sense for a non-profit foundation that is funded entirely by good will donations

    • LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      6 days ago

      I mean you’re right, it doesn’t, but it does feel a bit bad considering all that data is mostly the work of volunteers, who now get the intense privilege of becoming AI feed.

      I hate this derivative AI slop fest we are driving towards, so I guess I’m a little sensitive to news like this.