If respected or enforced, these restrictions are rapidly biasing the diversity, freshness, and scaling laws for general-purpose AI systems.
The arrogance on display, and the resulting blowback, have created a 'consent in crisis,' as the study researchers call it - meaning the once free-willing internet with no walls is becoming a thing of the past.
AI companies have taken this publicly available material, much of it copyrighted, and are using it to make money without permission.
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