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A Reddit user’s provocative post has ignited a heated debate surrounding the ethical implications of using copyrighted content to train artificial intelligence models. The post, made by /u/Just-Grocery-2229 in the r/artificial subreddit and titled ‘Scraping copyrighted content is Ok as long as I do it,’ questions the current practices and legality of data scraping for AI development. The discussion highlights the complex relationship between innovation and intellectual property rights in the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence.