Hey, all -- just want to give a heads-up to anyone who has their work hosted on a Squarespace web site and are worried about AI bots coming along to scrape and steal your work:
Squarespace recently instituted a setting where AI bot crawlers can just come along and steal your work to train AI models, AND YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY OPTED IN.
You can disable this setting on your Squarespace site by going into Settings --> Crawlers.
I made a website!
For those interested in what this Metropolis thing is all about - this shiny site has more of the details. Plus the full Cast & Crew (hint: it's a bunch of the best actors in the Pacific Northwest). Have thoughts about the Squarespace process I'll share separately (might help others looking to make something snazzy), but I'll save those for another post. They do a good job there! See you in Metropolis...
Adam Driver in Squarespace’s Super Bowl ad (February 9, 2023).
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[Alt text: Tweet from @CindyLouWho_2 reads "Hey Squarespace users! Did you know @Squarespace opted you into being crawled by AI bots without telling you? I didn't... #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Theft" followed by a screenshot of where to disable this in your Squarespace settings: Settings > Crawlers > Artificial Intelligence Crawlers]
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