AI Companies Scraping Text from Websites

SOURCE www.independent.co.uk
AI companies are scraping text from websites to train their systems, leading to conflicts with website owners and legal battles, with companies like Reddit and Cloudflare introducing measures to block AI bots.

Key Points

  • AI companies require large amounts of text to train new technologies.
  • Companies like Cloudflare and Reddit are introducing measures to block AI bots from scraping their websites.

Pros

  • Training AI systems with vast amounts of text leads to smarter technologies.
  • Access to large amounts of text can help in developing new AI tools and models.

Cons

  • Website owners argue that AI companies do not have permission to use their data.
  • Scraping text from websites can slow down internet performance.
  • Legal battles have ensued over copyright infringement and data usage.