OpenAI’s GPTBot Faces Media Backlash in France Over Data Collection Fears

A new level of tension has been created between the press and giants within the artificial intelligence industry. The OpenAI robot that runs on websites to suck up content and train its AI models, including the famous ChatGPT conversational agent, has been blocked by several headlines and publishers in recent weeks, according to reports. It was running on websites to suck up content and train its AI models. 

According to new data published by originality.AI, a content detector that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect AI content, nearly 20% of companies that offer AI services are blocking crawler bots that collect web data for AI purposes. It is reported that several news outlets have blocked a tool from OpenAI, which limits the company’s ability to access its content in the future, including The New York Times, CNN, Reuters, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). 

ChatGPT is one of the most well-known and widely used AI chatbots developed by OpenAI. To improve the AI models on the market, GPTBot, its web crawler, scans webpages using its AI model for improvement. The New York Times blocked GPTBot from appearing on its website for several reasons, starting with the verification service The Verge. 

According to the Guardian, other major news websites, including CNN, Reuters, the Chicago Tribune, ABC, and some of the Australian Community Media brands (ACM) such as the Canberra Times

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