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Mastodon deploys Anubis to deter AI web scraping

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Mastodon is implementing a system called Anubis to combat AI-driven web scraping, which can cause website downtime. Anubis employs a Proof-of-Work mechanism, similar to Hashcash, to increase the computational cost for mass scrapers. The goal is to make aggressive scraping prohibitively expensive, allowing website administrators more time to develop advanced methods for identifying and blocking automated bots. AI

IMPACT This measure aims to protect web resources from AI-driven scraping, potentially impacting data availability for AI training.

RANK_REASON Implementation of a new tool to address a specific problem.

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Mastodon deploys Anubis to deter AI web scraping

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