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Net art plugin "A Fly Like Thee" deters AI scrapers with poetry

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Olivier Jonvaux has created "A Fly Like Thee," an open-source plugin designed to deter AI scrapers. The plugin presents AI bots with four lines of William Blake's poetry, while human visitors are shown a fly. This net art piece was developed during the Web Residencies No. 22 program at Akademie Schloss Solitude. AI

IMPACT This tool offers a novel approach for website owners to protect their content from AI scrapers.

RANK_REASON The item describes an open-source plugin, which falls under the 'tool' category.

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Net art plugin "A Fly Like Thee" deters AI scrapers with poetry

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

    Every fly on this page is an AI bot. 🪰 »A Fly Like Thee« by Olivier Jonvaux is a beautiful piece: an open-source plugin that feeds AI scrapers four lines of Wil

    Every fly on this page is an AI bot. 🪰 »A Fly Like Thee« by Olivier Jonvaux is a beautiful piece: an open-source plugin that feeds AI scrapers four lines of William Blake instead of your content. Human visitors get a fly. More bots, more flies. Made during Web Residencies No. 22 …

    LINKS a-fly-like-thee.webresidencies.akademie-solitude.de

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