iFixit CEO takes shots at Anthropic for 'hitting our servers a million times in 24 hours' and even the AI company's own chatbot disapproves

1. AI companies are being criticized for scraping websites for content without permission, which can lead to server bandwidth issues. 2. iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens is frustrated with AI company Anthropic for hitting their servers a million times in 24 hours. 3. iFixit's terms of service strictly prohibit copying or distributing content for training AI models without permission. 4. Wiens asked Anthropic's AI, Claude, about the matter, and Claude agreed that the content should not be used. 5. This situation raises questions about whether AI companies might prefer to ask for forgiveness rather than permission. 6. iFixit has disallowed Claude from crawling their site in their robots.txt file. 7. The issue of AI companies scraping websites without permission has been ongoing, but the impact on server bandwidth is a new aspect. 8. The situation highlights the need for better regulation and communication between AI companies and website owners. 9. iFixit's frustration is not just about the bandwidth issue but also about the violation of their terms of service. 10. The incident has sparked a wider conversation about the ethics and practices of AI companies in data collection and use.