Automated programs gathering training data for artificial-intelligence tools are overwhelming academic websites.

letting website owners block bots unwanted AI web crawlers. Because AI models require massive amounts of training data, AI companies typically collect that data from public websites by sending AI ...

As well as providing fast local caches of busy websites, it also attempts to block bot networks and DDoS attacks ... release ...

If content owners want to block such bots, they use an established rule called ... is blocked by almost 10% of the top websites, including X and Yahoo, according to Originality.ai.

Rather than block web scrapers, Cloudflare invites them to trawl a web of useless ‘AI-generated nonsense.’ Rather than block web scrapers, Cloudflare invites them to trawl a web of useless ...

Traffic from bots run by artificial intelligence companies is disrupting scientific journal websites. Some publications report that their websites are now visited more by bots than by genuine users.

“Many sites, wary of Al vendors training models on their content without alerting or compensating them, have opted to block Al scrapers and crawlers. Around 26% of the top 1,000 sites on the web have ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...