Can't Stop the Signal. Poison It
The website explains its use of 'Anubis,' a proof-of-work security mechanism designed to prevent aggressive AI web scraping. The system forces automated bots to perform computational tasks, thereby increasing the cost of scraping while aiming to preserve access for human users.
Why it matters
This reflects the growing tension between website administrators and AI companies regarding data ownership and server resource management.
You are seeing this because the administrator of this website has set up Anubis to protect the server against the scourge of AI companies aggressively scraping websites. This can and does cause downtime for the websites, which makes their resources inaccessible for everyone.
The article explains a technical security measure from the perspective of the site administrator.
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