AI Bot Turf War for Data

SOURCE www.axios.com
AI bots are battling to seize or defend data, with AI makers grabbing more data for training language models while content owners use AI-powered tools to protect their intellectual property. Cloudflare introduced a new service to protect clients' content from data-harvesting bots.

Key Points

  • AI bots are aggressively scraping publicly available web data.
  • Cloudflare introduced a tool to protect content from data-harvesting bots.
  • The conflict between AI bots over data access is expected to intensify in various sectors.

Pros

  • AI makers can train their language models more effectively with access to abundant data.
  • Content owners can protect their intellectual property from data-harvesting bots.

Cons

  • Increased aggression in scraping tactics by AI bots can lead to privacy concerns.
  • The escalating battle between AI bots can potentially disrupt the flow of information on the web.