Pierre Far

Management consultant & founder of things. Genetics PhD. Cares about privacy & AI. Generally snarky & sarcastic. Regularly fails captcha.

[Pierre Far @pierrefar]

@operbet @CaerelsJan Thanks Olivier! Jan: Happy to talk more about this if you want.

[Pierre Far @pierrefar]

@gimpslice That's an important question. If a search engine still provides (real!) value to a publisher's website through generative AI output, but with the AI being partly trained using the publisher's content, is that OK? Depending on the details, probably yes.

[Pierre Far @pierrefar]

Crawlers, search engines and the sleaze of generative AI companies

AI companies see the openness of the web as permitting large-scale crawling to obtain training data. So what should publishers do? Some thoughts with a lot of context #ai #seo #chatgpt

https://t.co/iOJCYLjCza

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@andrea_moro @DuaneForrester Maybe they could have done better, but unlikely. The important thing is regulators are taking a very keen interest now. Let's support them doing their job.

[Pierre Far @pierrefar]

@DuaneForrester @andrea_moro That's right. OpenAI doesn't get a free pass either. There is such a lack of clarity that's causing many AI companies regulatory scrutiny in addition to publisher push back, that when a situation can be described with accuracy, we find... it's worse than feared.

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@DuaneForrester Absolutely. I'm glad Google is (talking about) doing something. I lost track and count of court cases. It's an exciting and scary time!

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@WissamDandan You just made my day with that video! Thank you my friend!

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@pedrodias @JohnMu Thanks for the birthday wishes John! This just made my day.

And Pedro: Oh it was bad. Epic bad :D

[Pierre Far @pierrefar]

@pedrodias Exactly.

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Great. I mean Poor. Oh OK.

[Pierre Far @pierrefar]

[{
"question": "What is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?",
"answer": "Forty two"
}, {
"question": "Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?",
"answer": "Not at all, they could be carried"
}]

Bravo Search Console team.

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@TideBusiness Hi. Every app update makes it more difficult to log into the website. The app is *crap* for many tasks, but these tasks are easy on the website. Stop making it harder to log into the website.

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Me: Write a job description for a musician specializing in space travel of colored cardboard boxes

Many LLMs: Sure, here is a job description...

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@jessytroy @manifestcon Thank you both for coming along! #vcbuzz

[Pierre Far @pierrefar]

A5 🧑‍🔬 I'm experimenting with lots of cool AI tools and libraries. One fruitful approach is combining AI tools with other data sources to produce richer results, more detailed audits, or answer business questions better. #vcbuzz

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@Smita_DigiMarke @vcbuzz :D Thank you for coming along! #vcbuzz

[Pierre Far @pierrefar]

@vcbuzz Thank *you* for inviting me and for allowing my crazy idea. Way fun and I learned a few things too! #vcbuzz

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@essentialskill Spot on Jeannie. That's why I think of current LLMs as naive creative sidekicks at best #vcbuzz

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@Johnny3of4 Yep. I did that a few times already this week, and in one instance it prompted (#sorrynotsorry) a discussion about whether we're underplaying a major angle about the topic. #vcbuzz