> I don't see how it could be otherwise - who else is the publisher?

I agree, I just don't see courts issuing restrictions on this gold rush any time soon.

Platforms want S230-like protections for everything, and I think they'll get them for their AI products not because it's right, but because we currently live in hell and that makes the most sense.

To answer your latter question: there's a lot of value in destroying people's ability to trust, especially formally trusted institutions. We aren't the ones that capture that value, though.