Cloudflare Wants to Build Napster for AI, Except This Time Everyone Gets Paid

Marcus Schuler / implicator - Cloudflare acquired Human Native, a startup that licenses web content to AI developers. A day later, they bought web framework Astro. The deals look unrelated until you see the pipeline: content creation to AI licensing, with Cloudflare taking a cut at ev…

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Cloudflare Acquires Team Behind Open Source Framework Astro

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EPA rules that xAI’s natural gas generators were illegally used

Tim De Chant / techcrunch - Elon Musk's AI company had installed and operated 35 natural gas turbines without permits, something the EPA now says was illegal.

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EPA rules that xAI’s natural gas generators were illegally used

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EPA: xAI’s Colossus data center illegally used gas turbines without permits

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Cloudflare acquires Human Native for AI data marketplace

Berry Zwets / techzine - Cloudflare has acquired Human Native, an AI data marketplace that connects creators and developers. The acquisition should make it easier for AI companies to find and purchase valuable content, while content creators retain control over their work and rec…

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Cloudflare acquires Human Native to build new payment model for AI training data

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Cloudflare acquires Human Native for AI data marketplace

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Cloudflare acquires Human Native

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