Wouldn’t it give them more rights? Before, anyone could scrape it and claim “Wikipedia’s public, so it’s fair game”, but now Wikipedia can say “no, you must licence the content, as did OpenAI and Microsoft.” That could give more protection against other AI companies scraping it for their models, wouldn’t it?
This right here is the reason why companies that started out with good quality/intentions turn into companies with crappy mediocre products that now actually contribute to the opposite effect on the world than everything they once stood for.
It’s getting scraped anyway. So why not get some money from it?
Imo this. Selling access also implies its illegal to access without purchasing rights which imho helps undermine AI’s only monetary advantage
They lose the right to sue them
They probably realized that it was a losing battle and they didn’t want to pay legal fees.
Suing an ai company with the orange dipshit in office? Good luck…
Wouldn’t it give them more rights? Before, anyone could scrape it and claim “Wikipedia’s public, so it’s fair game”, but now Wikipedia can say “no, you must licence the content, as did OpenAI and Microsoft.” That could give more protection against other AI companies scraping it for their models, wouldn’t it?
This right here is the reason why companies that started out with good quality/intentions turn into companies with crappy mediocre products that now actually contribute to the opposite effect on the world than everything they once stood for.