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146: When AI Attacks

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Battling AI Scrapers: Challenges and Innovations

This chapter explores the impact of AI bot scrapers on open-source projects, emphasizing the strain on platforms like Wikipedia due to non-human traffic. The discussion covers historical lessons in web security, user agent strings, and the evolution of CAPTCHA technology in response to these challenges. Finally, it highlights ethical concerns surrounding aggressive scraping practices by AI companies and innovative solutions to mitigate their effects.

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