Charlie Stross3d ago

If your corporation's business model relies on lawbreaking, your corporation has no legal legitimacy.

We don't let narcotic cartels and trafficking rings list themselves on the stock exchange: why should OpenAI or Facebook be any different?

Show threadJohn Cook3d ago
@cstross I'm quite sure the AI companies would squeal like stuck pigs if others were just to take their work without permission/ payment.
Show threadGeorge B

@jmc @cstross

They already did throw a shit fit over deepseek: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/technology/openai-deepseek-data-harvest.html

OpenAI Says DeepSeek May Have Improperly Harvested Its Data

The San Francisco start-up claims that its Chinese rival may have used data generated by OpenAI technologies to build new systems.

The New York Times
May 24 at 12:24pmWeb