Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish • 20 days ago

Mastodon updates terms of service to ban AI model training on user data

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Mastodon updates terms of service to ban AI model training on user data

Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish • 20 days ago

Scraping user data to train AI models is a growing concern, and Mastodon has responded by banning the use of its content for such purposes.

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Wait, they changed the TOS on a site to say that you can’t scrape it, when the entirety of the site is available without agreeing to the TOS?

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