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Mastodon deploys Anubis bot detection to deter AI scraping

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Mastodon is implementing a new bot detection system called Anubis, inspired by Hashcash's proof-of-work concept. This system aims to deter AI companies from aggressively scraping websites by increasing the computational cost for mass scraping. Anubis requires modern JavaScript features and may conflict with privacy plugins like JShelter. AI

IMPACT This system aims to mitigate the impact of AI-driven web scraping on platforms like Mastodon.

RANK_REASON Implementation of a new bot detection system for a social media platform.

Read on Mastodon — mastodon.social →

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Mastodon deploys Anubis bot detection to deter AI scraping

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Implementation of a new bot detection system for a social media platform.
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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 Français(FR) · [email protected] ·

    Meet Claude: ABC’s new regional cadet journalist

    Meet Claude: ABC’s new regional cadet journalist https:// quokk.au/c/australia/p/1152833 /meet-claude-abcs-new-regional-cadet-journalist

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