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AIQuiet 6d · day 13

Chester Wisniewski: AI is destroying the Creative Commons

Security expert argues generative LLMs are dismantling 40 years of open-source equilibrium by consuming licensed code without enforcement.

newest coverage 6d agosummary written 6d ago34 pieces235 likes & upvotes276 comments MastodonHacker NewsNewswires

What to know

  • AI models are training on openly licensed code without respecting copyright terms or enabling legal enforcement of derivative-work obligations.
  • Developers now face a dilemma: sharing code risks exposure to AI-discovered vulnerabilities and malicious contributions, while closing code abandons the openness that built modern internet infrastructure.
  • The shift threatens to unwind 40 years of progress toward software openness, potentially concentrating wealth and control while reverting to proprietary, oligopolistic internet models.

Chester Wisniewski Security researcher and author

How it unfolded 1 development · click the chart to see its coverage articlesposts

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    Essay gains traction on Hacker News

    The article reaches Hacker News front page on September 20, accumulating 55 points and sparking discussion about the implications of AI training on open-source communities.

    “The modern internet and cloud could not exist without free and open software. Every cloud service and the very backbone of the internet itself are derivative works standing on the shoulders of the previous generation's giants.”
    — Chester Wisniewski, Security researcher · source

    • "We all have our own set of ethical and moral guidelines, which are also lost once having been absorbed into the colossus. While existing licenses and agreements are imperfect, they have been shown to be enforceable in a court of law allowing me, the creator, power over my own creation."This touches on the tension between artistic integrity vs…

      PannoniaeHacker News6d agoview on Hacker News ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 28 posts in this stretch
    • chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca

      I had a few weekend thoughts on generative AI, LLMs, and how they are destroying our Creative Commons. Would love to hear your thoughts, here are mine: https://www. chesterwisniewski.com/post/202 6-09-13-ai-is-destroying-the-creative-commons/ # NoAI # GenAI # openness

      chetwisniewski@securitycafe.caMastodon12d agoview on Mastodon ↗

    • I'm a cybersecurity 'expert' and my 40 person team and I make our money by providing GPL software to the world that I wrote.You have the same incentive you had to share your work as before, and that is to get attention, and customers, assuming that's your game. Open code means no vendor lockin for a lot of customers, so they can pay you but also…

      mmaunderHacker News6d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  2. background

    Wisniewski publishes essay on AI's threat to open-source licensing — Security researcher Chester Wisniewski posts analysis arguing that generative AI models are consuming openly licensed code and content online without regard for copyright or license terms, disrupting the 40-year equilibrium of software openness that underpins modern internet infrastructure.

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  1. 2 outlets AI and the Destruction of the Creative Commons

    first by HN Best, 6d ago · also HN Frontpage

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