destructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 7 days agoWikipedia is one of the last genuine places on the Internet, and these rat bastards are trying to contaminate that, toolemmy.worldimagemessage-square157linkfedilinkarrow-up1849arrow-down110
arrow-up1839arrow-down1imageWikipedia is one of the last genuine places on the Internet, and these rat bastards are trying to contaminate that, toolemmy.worlddestructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square157linkfedilink
minus-squareudon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·7 days agoHow exactly does that work? Wikipedia does not “own” the content on the website, it’s all CC-BY licensed.
minus-squareWillow@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up19·7 days agoThe BY term is not respected by LLMs
minus-squareudon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoSo? Still doesn’t make sense to me that wikipedia can sell anything meaningful here, but I’m also not a lawyer. Do they promise not to sue them or sell them some guarantee that contributors also can’t sue them? Is it just some symbolic PR washing?
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 days agoYeah, they’re selling the work of others. That’s how the site always worked. This venture into “AI” is nothing new.
How exactly does that work? Wikipedia does not “own” the content on the website, it’s all CC-BY licensed.
The BY term is not respected by LLMs
So? Still doesn’t make sense to me that wikipedia can sell anything meaningful here, but I’m also not a lawyer. Do they promise not to sue them or sell them some guarantee that contributors also can’t sue them? Is it just some symbolic PR washing?
Yeah, they’re selling the work of others. That’s how the site always worked. This venture into “AI” is nothing new.