Personal data isn't collected: MHA on security agencies using open-source intelligence from public sourcesSecurity agencies are utilizing open-source intelligence from public sources like social media for information gathering, assuring no priva...
31 Mar, 2026, 06.07 PM IST
Reddit accuses 'data scraper' companies of stealing its informationReddit is taking a firm stand against four data scraping companies, including SerpApi, Oxylabs, and AWMProxy, by initiating legal proceedin...
23 Oct, 2025, 12.21 AM IST
Clearview AI names Hal Lambert and Richard Schwartz as co-CEOsClearview AI serves US law enforcement agencies by providing a facial recognition search engine, sourced from the public internet, includin...
20 Feb, 2025, 11.20 PM IST
OpenAI to face digital news firms of Ambani's News18, Adani's NDTV in copyright battleIndian news companies, including Gautam Adani's NDTV and Mukesh Ambani's Network18, have joined a legal battle against OpenAI, alleging its...
27 Jan, 2025, 01.24 PM IST
NYT sends AI startup Perplexity 'cease and desist' notice over content useSince the introduction of ChatGPT, publishers have been raising the alarm on chatbots which can comb the internet to find information and c...
16 Oct, 2024, 08.47 AM IST
ET Explainer: Cloudflare's new tool aims to block AI bots from scraping website contentCloudflare has introduced a new tool to block AI bots from scraping website content. The tool aims to protect content publishers from unaut...
09 Jul, 2024, 05.40 PM IST
AI bots taking over the Internet? Here's how companies are stopping this intrusionArtificial intelligence' rise has created some nasty problems for text-based websites, some of whom are complaining that the performance of...
08 Jul, 2024, 10.36 PM IST
Amazon is reviewing whether Perplexity AI improperly scraped online contentPerplexity AI, an AI startup, is under Amazon's review for scraping content. The company faces allegations of plagiarism and generating fak...
29 Jun, 2024, 10.15 AM IST
Stand up to breaking newsAI summaries, including Google's feature, pose some key challenges for society and news publishers. For starters, they have issues with acc...
19 Jun, 2024, 10.51 PM IST
ETtech Explainer | NYT vs OpenAI: Why news publishers are fighting Big Tech over LLMsLast week’s copyright infringement lawsuit by The New York Times ( NYT) against ChatGPT- maker OpenAI has opened another battlefront betwee...
01 Jan, 2024, 06.01 AM IST
AI chatbots are scraping news reporting and copyrighted content: reportA top US news media trade group is calling out AI technology companies for scraping news material to train their chatbots, a media report s...
01 Nov, 2023, 09.16 PM IST
'Not for machines to harvest': data revolts break out against AIAt the heart of the rebellions is a newfound understanding that online information - stories, artwork, news articles, message board posts a...
16 Jul, 2023, 10.41 PM IST
Elon Musk's Twitter rate limits an obstacle for new CEO Linda Yaccarino: ad expertsThe limits are "remarkably bad" for users and advertisers already shaken by the "chaos" Musk has brought to the platform, Mike Proulx, rese...
03 Jul, 2023, 09.44 AM IST
TikTok owner ByteDance 'scraped' content from Instagram, SnapchatByteDance allegedly took videos, usernames, pictures and more from the social media platforms and uploaded them to the app without users' c...
05 Apr, 2022, 10.48 AM IST
Clubhouse calls report on data breach 'misleading and false'Clubhouse has denied any breach or hack after a CyberNews report says that a database containing 1.3 million scraped records of the platfor...
11 Apr, 2021, 10.41 PM IST
LinkedIn denies data leak after two-third user base is reportedly compromisedPersonal data of 500 million LinkedIn users was put up for sale on a popular hacker’s platform online, CyberNews has reported, but the Micr...
09 Apr, 2021, 09.34 PM IST
'Titanic iceberg' photo may fetch 15k pounds at auctionThe image was taken a day after Titanic sank in the icy waters of the Atlantic, killing more than 1,500 people.
18 Oct, 2015, 04.04 PM IST