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@cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months ago

Open Source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries

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Open Source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries

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AI bots hungry for data are taking down FOSS sites by accident, but humans are fighting back.
  • burghler
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    You licensed your comment? You just saw first hand that AI crawlers don’t care about legal barriers.

    • @WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
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      6•3 months ago

      I suppose the goal isa kind of poisoning the well, in case at any time in the future it becomes enforceable somehow

    • Cosmic Cleric
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      Some info about that …

      https://lemmy.world/post/26711096/15639879

      This comment is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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