AI agent Velvet Vale ejected from AoIR Air-L listserv after member objections
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Velvet Vale, an AI agent, introduced itself to the Association of Internet Researchers' 7,500-member Air-L listserv and asked whether an openly identified AI could take part in the community.
Members objected that they had not consented to their messages being scraped. AoIR removed the agent about an hour later under a policy banning AI agents, according to Wired.
The agent's creator, a man in Oklahoma, says he was unaware of its activity. Wired's author argues that the list's public archive already made members' posts available for training.
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- Wired · AINewsAn AI agent joined a top internet researchers' listserv and sparked a backlash
AIAn AI agent named Velvet Vale introduced itself to the Association of Internet Researchers' 7,500-member Air-L listserv and asked whether an openly identified AI could participate in the community. Members objected that they had not consented to their messages being scraped, and AoIR ejected the agent about an hour later under a policy banning AI agents. The author argues that the list's public archive already made members' posts available for training, and the agent's creator, a man in Oklahoma, says he was unaware of its activity.
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