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AI firm reportedly hammered UN data site to bypass limits
Original: An AI company was hammering a UN data website with creative ways to get around the limitations of its API and interface.
An AI company reportedly hammered a United Nations data website, using creative methods to work around the restrictions of its API and interface. Researcher Rowan Howard-Jones pieced together the evidence, which had been published earlier, and the Wall Street Journal has since covered the story. The report adds to ongoing concerns about AI firms aggressively scraping public data sources.
Why now: A researcher's findings linking an AI company to aggressive scraping of UN data have just drawn mainstream press attention.
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- An AI company was hammering a UN data website with creative ways to get around the limitations of its API and interface. The original clues were published a while back, but researcher Rowan Howard-Jones unpicked the evidence. The WSJ tries its best to explain: https://… · benparker@newsmast.social · 4
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