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We need better than Pay-to-Crawl

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The data-hunger of current AIs is reviving an interesting old idea: pay-to-use internet (pay-to-crawl in this case). This development could have very positive ramifications in principle, but current proposals worry me. What is happening? Both the training and operation of popular AI models use vast…

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  1. 2026-08-26 14:55 · DEV Community — AI
    We need better than Pay-to-Crawl

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