The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers.
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
Yeah shockingly bad. I suppose it shouldn’t be a surprise that HN leans libertarian and views equality as a bad thing, but the extent of it was still a bit of a shock.
Look at the comments for some bad takes
Yeah shockingly bad. I suppose it shouldn’t be a surprise that HN leans libertarian and views equality as a bad thing, but the extent of it was still a bit of a shock.
We know, it’s Hacker News