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Websites are Blocking the Wrong AI Scrapers (Because AI Companies Keep Making New Ones)(www.404media.co)

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drkt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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robots.txt is a suggestion, and using it to block malicious actors is pointless.

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garrett@infosec.pub
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Unfortunately, yeah. AI industry has proven that it’s willing to beg for forgiveness rather than asking for permission.

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GBU_28@lemm.ee
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Scrapers are not new. They’ve been doing this shit for years, the result of the scraping is just more transparent to the general internet public now.

They’ve never asked permission.

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