and Online publishers in crisisa new open standard allows them to set basic rules for AI scrapers. (Or, at least it will try. ) New True Simple Licensing (RSL) Standard create Participants expect AI companies to adhere to terms. Although execution is an open question, some heavy hitters have caused damage. The list includes Reddit, Yahoo (Parent Company of Engadget), Medium and People Inc.
RSL adds the license term to the robots.txt protocol, a simple file that provides instructions for web crawling. Supported licensing options include free, attribution, subscription, pay-per-push payment and pay-per-push payment. (The latter means that AI companies only pay publishers when using content to generate responses.)
Launched with the Standard is a new nonprofit RSL Collective. It sees itself as a nonprofit such as managing nonprofits such as royalties in the music industry. The new panel said its standards could “build fair market prices and strengthen negotiation leverage for all publishers.”
Brands participating include a large number of Internet-style old-fashioned schools. Reddit, People Inc. , Yahoo, Internet Brands, Ziff Davis, Wikihow, O’Reilly Media, Medium, Daily Beast, Miso.ai, Raptive, Ranker and Evolve Media all participated. The previous one ask.com CEO Doug Leeds and RSS co-creator Eckart Walther lead the group.
“The RSL standard provides publishers and platforms with a clear, scalable way to set licensing terms in the AI era,” Reddit CEO Steve Huffman wrote in a press release. “The RSL collectively provides a pathway to work together. Reddit supports important steps to protect open networks, and also supports communities that make them thrive.” (It is worth noting that Reddit has a license agreement and Openai and Google)
It is not clear whether AI companies will respect the standard. After all, it is well known Ignore robots.txt directive. But the panel believes its terms will be legally enforceable.
In an interview ARS TechnicaLeeds tip Recent to the user $1.5 billion settlementit is recommended to “have real money” for AI companies that have illegal training. (However, the settlement is The judge rejected it. ) Leeds Tell edge The collective nature of the standards can also help diversify legal costs and make violations more feasible.
As for technical law enforcement, the RSL standard cannot stop robots on its own. To do this, the group is working with Cloud Company, which can act as a gatekeeper. (Maybe Cloudflare, recently Started the trawl systemand it can also play a role in the end.
Leeds suggests ars AI companies also have incentives. Financially, it may be better for them Signing a personal license transaction. It prevents questions in AI content: Use multiple sources for answers to avoid using also A lot from anyone. If the content is legally licensed, AI applications can simply use the best source, providing users with higher quality answers and minimizing the risk of hallucinations.
He also mentioned AI companies’ complaints that there is no valid means of licensing online content within the scope. Leeds told ARS Technica. “With the RSL standard, AI companies get a “scalable way to get everything” while setting an incentive to just pay for the best content their model actually references. If they use it, they pay for it, and if they don’t use it, they don’t pay for it.”
