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|    Kurt Weiske to Mike Powell    |
|    Re: Bots now account for over    |
|    18 Apr 25 08:09:40    |
      TZUTC: -0700       MSGID: 1201.consprcy@1:218/1 2c67a5e5       REPLY: 1031.consprcy@1:2320/105 2c66b81a       PID: Synchronet 3.20e-Win32 master/f99713f33 Mar 06 2025 MSC 1942       TID: SBBSecho 3.23-Win32 master/f99713f33 Mar 06 2025 MSC 1942       BBSID: REALITY       CHRS: CP437 2       -=> Mike Powell wrote to All <=-               MP> With the growth GenAI, bad bots are growing in number, experts warn.               I listened to a podcast about bots no longer obeying ROBOTS.TXT files        and ingesting all of the web (copyrighted or otherwise) -- in the name        of dystopia.               The internet used to be based on good manners and common courtesy. The        AI people seem to feel empowered to break societal norms for the        "betterment of mankind".               Ironic when OpenAI is suing other companies for training their AI on        content that OpenAI took disregarding copyright.                             --- MultiMail/Win v0.52        * Origin: http://realitycheckbbs.org | tomorrow's retro tech (1:218/1)       SEEN-BY: 10/0 1 102/401 103/1 705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187       SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/7715 154/110 214/22 218/0 1 215 601 700 720 810       SEEN-BY: 218/840 850 860 880 226/30 227/114 229/110 111 114 206 300       SEEN-BY: 229/307 317 400 426 428 470 664 700 705 266/512 291/111 301/1       SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58 712/848 902/26 2320/105       SEEN-BY: 5075/35       PATH: 218/700 229/426           |
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