iFixit CEO takes shots at Anthropic for hitting servers a million times in 24h
iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens criticized Anthropic for making excessive requests to their servers, violating terms of service. This incident highlights concerns about AI companies ignoring website policies and ethical data scraping issues.
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iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens criticized AI company Anthropic for allegedly making a million requests to their servers in a single day, which he claims is straining their resources. Wiens highlighted that this behavior is against iFixit's terms of service, which prohibit the use of their content for training AI models without explicit permission. He expressed frustration over the unauthorized scraping of their website, questioning the necessity of such high traffic from Anthropic. In a humorous twist, Wiens consulted Anthropic's own AI, Claude, who confirmed that using the content would violate the terms of service. This incident raises concerns about AI companies potentially ignoring website policies and highlights the broader issue of AI's impact on server bandwidth and resources. Wiens's comments reflect a growing frustration within the tech community regarding the ethical implications of AI data scraping and the need for clearer boundaries between AI companies and content providers.
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