BlueSky Proposes 'New Standard' for When Scraping Data for AI Training

Bluesky mulls selling data for AI

And archiving Bluesky, the social network that wants to be the anti-Twitter has decided to explore the murky waters of AI data scraping. It published...

BlueSky Proposes 'New Standard' for When Scraping Data for AI Training

An anonymous reader shared this article from TechCrunch: Social network Bluesky recently published a proposal on GitHub outlining new options it could give users to indicate whether they want their posts and data to be scraped for things like generative AI training and public archiving. CEO Jay Graber discussed the proposal earlier this week, while on-stage at South by Southwest, but it attracted fresh attention on Friday night, after she posted…

The Secret World of Data Scraping: When Browsing Habits Trigger Alarms

Browsing online can trigger alerts if activity patterns, like exceeding a set number of page views, are flagged as suspicious by algorithms. Data scraping involves using automated tools to collect data and is a key practice in the digital sphere, albeit cloaked in complexity and potential controversy. Organizations implement algorithms to safeguard digital assets, aiming to balance curiosity and security without stifling exploration. Flagged acc…