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Mastodon updates its terms to prohibit AI model training
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/mastodon-updates-its-terms-to-prohibit-ai-model-training/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Mastodon updates its terms to prohibit AI model training | TechCrunch

Days after Elon Musk-owned X updated its terms to explicitly prohibit AI model training, decentralized social network Mastodon updated its own rules to bar any kind of model training, as well.

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Jun 17 at 2:16pmWeb
Show threadkolyaJun 17
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like casting a weak magic spell they hope it will help at least a bit
Show threadJoel VanderWerf 🐧Jun 17

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"It’s important to note that these terms apply only to Mastodon.social server, which is only one of the instances on the fediverse, a distributed network. This means scrapers could still extract data from other servers and use that to train AI models if they don’t explicitly bar that in their terms of service."

Show threadLoaferJun 17
@Techcrunch @latest-techcrunch-stories-Techcrunch Also, Anubis
Show threadPxl PhileJun 18
@Techcrunch @latest-techcrunch-stories-Techcrunch that was our chance to poison AI with our shit posts. Anyhow, less AI scraping is better
Show threadSimon ZerafaJun 18

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Like updating it's terms will actually stop that from occuring.