US EditionCreative Commons announces tentative support for AI 'pay-to-crawl' systems
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While robots were historically used to index pages for search engines, since the arrival of the AI, they now feed LLMs capable of providing answers without redirecting to source sites. A paradigm shift that already weakens the economy of many publishers, so that some media such as the New York Times [...]
In an announcement that might surprise more than one, the non-profit organization Creative Commons announced that it was in favour of the "Pay-to-Crawl" system.
Creative Commons Cautiously Endorses AI 'Pay-to-Crawl' Systems
Creative Commons (CC) has expressed cautious support for pay-to-crawl systems designed to let websites charge AI companies for accessing content during web crawls for model training.The nonprofit organization outlined its position in a blog post, proposing principles to guide the responsible use of these systems while highlighting potential risks to open access.Pay-to-crawl mechanisms aim to automate compensation for machine access to digital co…
Creative Commons Offers Cautious Support for AI “Pay-to-Crawl” Systems
Pay-to-crawl systems would let websites charge AI crawlers when their content is accessed for training or updates, creating a structured way to compensate publishers.The model is a response to AI tools reducing search referrals, which has directly impacted traffic and revenue for many publishers.Creative Commons supports pay-to-crawl in principle but warns it should not become a default or blanket rule across the web.CC stresses that any impleme…
Creative Commons has taken an important step in declaring its support, albeit with reservations, for "pay-to-crawl" systems, a proposal that seeks to balance the use of web content by artificial intelligence systems with an automated form of compensation for creators. A change in the dynamics of online content For years, the internet model sustained itself in a mutually beneficial relationship between websites and search engines: sites allowed t…
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