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Essay Calling AI Companies Parasites Draws Attention

Original: AI Companies Are Parasites https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2026/ai-companies-are-parasites # HackerNews # Tech # AI

A new essay bluntly argues that AI companies behave like parasites, taking value from creators and the open web while giving little back. The piece is circulating among developers and tech commentators, reigniting debate over how AI firms use copyrighted and publicly available material to train their models without compensation.

Why now: Ongoing anger over AI firms scraping and monetising content without permission keeps this criticism resonating.

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• AI Companies Are Parasites https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2026/ai-companies-are-parasites # HackerNews # Tech # AI · hackernews@robot.villas · 3

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