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AI firms reportedly use residential botnets for web scraping

AI companies are reportedly using residential botnets to scrape websites, bypassing measures designed to limit data collection. This tactic, detailed in the FreeBSD Status Report, highlights ethical concerns surrounding AI development and its methods of acquiring training data. AI

IMPACT This alleged tactic raises significant ethical questions about data acquisition for AI training and the potential misuse of residential internet connections.

RANK_REASON The item discusses an alleged unethical practice by AI companies based on a report, rather than announcing a new product, research, or policy.

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AI firms reportedly use residential botnets for web scraping

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    For those few of you who don't read the # FreeBSD Status Report, it turns out that # AI companies have resorted to using residential botnets to pummel web sites

    For those few of you who don't read the # FreeBSD Status Report, it turns out that # AI companies have resorted to using residential botnets to pummel web sites in an attempt to bypass those wishing to limit their malevolent scraping. Not especially surprising I suppose. When the…