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Re:Claim: Private GitHub repos included in AI dataset by AshamedCaptain on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @05:30PM (#39772238)
Have you figured out if there is a way to prevent them from doing that? The email I got, which I assume is similar, was suspiciously lacking a "just GTFO and leave my website alone" option.
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Re:Claim: Private GitHub repos included in AI dataset by gavinhoward on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @06:01PM (#39772523)
I blocked their IP address specifically. Contact me if you want it.
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Re:Claim: Private GitHub repos included in AI dataset by calvinmorrison on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @05:34PM (#39772278)
They explicitly told me they could not blacklist me, but they did do a prompt takedown.
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Re:Claim: Private GitHub repos included in AI dataset by dustyharddrive on Saturday March 30, 2024 @10:03PM (#39880665)
At least some of their software has unique user agents ("Software Heritage*"). I wish a popular FOSS host like Codeberg would block them.
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