> By shrinking the amount of journalism in the world, AI-powered search will effectively destroy the goose that laid its golden egg. The world-class reporting T

> By shrinking the amount of journalism in the world, AI-powered search will effectively destroy the goose that laid its golden egg. The world-class reporting The Walrus publishes can’t be pieced together, on the fly, from random data sets. Did the current generation of media parasites miss kindergarten? Rule 0 of being a parasite: don't kill the host that feeds you. Ask the LLM how to develop a symbiotic and long-term financial relationship with cited media suppliers. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/02/reddit-has-already-booked-203m-in-revenue-licensing-data-for-ai-training/ https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/02/reddit-has-already-booked... Reddit's Form S-1 … says the company expects $66.4 million of that data-derived value from LLM companies to come during the 2024 calendar year … Google and other AI companies that license Reddit's data will receive "continuous access to [Reddit's] data API as well as quarterly transfers of Reddit data over the term of the arrangement," according to the filing. That constant, real-time access is particularly valuable, the site writes in the filing, because "Reddit data constantly grows and regenerates as users come and interact with their communities and each other."