This makes me real hesitant to publish anything online. Especially given that AI's are angling to replace search engines which would mean I wouldn't even receive traffic in exchange for anything I publish.

There's a clear double standard here where we're assuming AI's to be human for copyright purposes - but *only* for copyright purposes. And of course a human can't replace Google.

bbc.com/news/articles/c77vr00e

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