Who's accountable for AI web crawlers? OpenAI data-scraping debate heats up

basedjensen · x · 2026-09-25

A debate over accountability for OpenAI's crawling of publicly available data: should OpenAI and its leadership (Altman) or the Australian Government security team be held responsible? One commenter dismisses it as just a 'glorified web crawler,' highlighting ongoing tensions around AI data collection and oversight.

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