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Hugging Face scraps GitHub repositories without prior consent (huggingface.co)
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Hugging Face crawls as many GitHub repositories as it can with the help of the Software Heritage Archive so as to create their Stack v2 LLM for code. And of course without consent of rights holders.

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[-] Grimy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

The second part of my first paragraph is sarcastic. I realize I worded it weirdly.

That being said, they need us upset so it's easier to pass laws that make developing AI models impossible for smaller players.

Most are begging for stronger copyright laws. It's nuts.

this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2026
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