The rise and fall of robots.txt
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As unscrupulous AI companies crawl for more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.
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As unscrupulous AI companies crawl for more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.

Honestly it seems like in all aspects of society the social contract is being ignored these days, that’s why things seem so much worse now.

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It’s abuse, plain and simple.

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