FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies

https://lemm.ee/post/58981372

FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies - lemm.ee

Lemmy

ELI5 why the AI companies can’t just clone the git repos and do all the slicing and dicing (running git blame etc.) locally instead of running expensive queries on the projects’ servers?
Because that would cost you money, so just “abusing” someone else’s infrastructure is much cheaper.