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I really can't overemphasize how destructive this is to the open web. The web is built just as much on a consensus on how to fairly do things as it is on technical measures keep things going, and AI scrapers have blown that up. go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/202

I know Molly White wrote a passionate post recently asking people not to throw away open access just to stop AI scrapers, but many people *don't have a choice* anymore. If the old deal is broken, some people may be forced to take things private.

go-to-hellman.blogspot.comAI bots are destroying Open AccessThere's a war going on on the Internet. AI companies with billions to burn are hard at work destroying the websites of libraries, archives, ...
Thor A. Hopland

Not to tout 's horn - especially since internet infrastructure shouldn't be segmented into a single company (seize the means of computing) - but, if they can prevent from scraping the entire , that would be nice.

It's not a good idea to let that happen. I mean at some point it's going to be hard to differentiate a regular user with a bot, but still.

Cloudflare’s Free AI Labyrinth Distracts Crawlers That Could Steal Website Content to Feed AI
eweek.com/news/cloudflare-ai-l

@misty

eWEEK · Cloudflare’s Free AI Labyrinth Distracts Crawlers That Could Steal Website ContentCloudflare used generative AI to build premade websites that can be embedded as an AI Labyrinth in protected websites, sending crawlers on a wild goose chase.

@hopland @misty Aside from not putting all of one’s eggs in one basket, it’s deeply problematic that Cloudflare is both a source of “bad traffic,” and also provides protection from it.

Intentionally or not, that’s a protection racket.

@artandtechnic @misty

"You give us a piece of the pie, we make sure those packets make their way over, nice and safe like."