An open source project called Scrapling is gaining traction with AI agent users who want their bots to scrape sites without permission.

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Microsoft’s deleted Harry Potter AI blog highlights the messy ethics of training large language models on pirated content.

Anthropic, which has positioned itself as the cautious, safety-focused lab, suggests that model scraping could be used to ...

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Crystal Hefner says she was removed from her position as president of the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation after raising concerns over the "Playboy" founder's scrapbooks.

AI-powered web browsers are being hailed as the future of internet browsing, yet I haven't found one I actually want to use—or would be willing to pay for—until some fundamental issues are addressed.

The Department of Homeland Security has spun a massive surveillance web under the Trump administration. NPR collected dozens of firsthand accounts to understand how those tools are being used.