AI training

AI is creating new problems for advertisers; Amazon Prime’s new privacy feature irks customers; and the Trump administration sides with OpenAI in the copyright lawsuit brought forth by the NYT.

The newly introduced Stealth Bot Prohibition Act would prevent AI stealth crawlers from hiding their identities and illicitly scraping web content.

Reddit is now one of the main data sources feeding LLMs and AI search. In this episode, recorded live in Cannes, COO Jen Wong talks data licensing deals, how people use Reddit to validate what they’re about to buy and what it takes to stop bad actors from gaming its forums to sway AI results.

Cloudflare restricts how bots can scrape content; TiVo’s customer base stays loyal, even as TiVo leaves the DVR business; and Nestlé announces a stark reduction in headcount.

A recently proposed Senate bill seeks to determine fair use cases for LLMs training on personal data and copyrighted material, along with the penalties for misuse.