The Strip Mining Era of LLMs—And Why It’s About to End

Today’s show:

AI has been feasting on the open web—but is the free lunch over? In this explosive episode, @Jason and @alex call out OpenAI and others for “strip mining” the internet’s content without paying creators. As lawsuits pile up and new defenses like AI-robots.txt emerge, a reckoning looms. Will AI be forced to pay for its training data? Dive into the legal, ethical, and business implications—including Substack’s stance, Cloudflare’s firewall, and Perplexity’s lawsuits—in what may be a turning point for the future of the web.

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Concerns about AI data sourcing and sustainability
(1:43) Recent travels and airline industry insights
(5:28) Meta's AI strategy and market competition
(10:20) LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job for free at https://www.linkedin.com/twist
(11:50) Meta's financial moves and AI focus
(17:08) Midjourney's advancements in video AI
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(21:33) Twist 500 companies and Cloudflare's anti-AI scraping tool
(27:09) AI scraping: creator impact and regulation debate
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(31:23) BBC lawsuit and Perplexity's AI challenges
(35:44) Office hours with Giram Taitana of Doctours
(42:55) Medical tourism: Psilocybin, IVF, and consumer trust
(49:33) Design's role in trust and safety for medical platforms
(55:57) Doctours' fundraising and insurance strategies
(1:00:08) SEO and domain name tips for startups
(1:02:50) Tesla's robo taxi launch and implications
(1:08:13) Andy Jassy on AI's impact on employment
(1:10:09) Discussing global job displacement and China's youth unemployment
(1:14:53) The gig economy in the age of advanced AI

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