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Reddit started doing what they always wanted to do, sell user content to AI. (www.reuters.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Well there's copyright law. There's already lawsuits happening so we'll have to see how this shakes out.

But even if the AI companies lose the lawsuits, I think it's likely they'll still have access to content where the T&C of the site says they're allowed to sell the data.