Fearing ‘pillaging’, news outlets block an OpenAI bot

By OLIVIER MORIN / AFP A growing number of media outlets are blocking a webpage-scanning tool used by ChatGPT creator OpenAI to improve its artificial intelligence models. A growing number of media outlets are blocking a webpage-scanning tool used by ChatGPT creator OpenAI to improve its artificial intelligence models. The New York Times, CNN, Australian broadcaster ABC and news agencies Reuters and Bloomberg have taken steps to thwart GPTBot, a web crawler launched on August 8. They were followed by French news organisations including France 24, RFI, Mediapart, Radio France and TF1. “There’s …

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