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Anubis system uses Proof-of-Work to deter AI web scraping

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Anubis is a new anti-bot system designed to deter AI companies from scraping websites. It employs a Proof-of-Work mechanism similar to Hashcash, increasing the computational cost for mass scraping. The system aims to be a temporary solution while more advanced methods like fingerprinting headless browsers are developed to differentiate between legitimate users and bots. AI

IMPACT This system could increase the cost and complexity for AI companies to gather data from the web.

RANK_REASON The item describes a new tool/system for website protection.

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Anubis system uses Proof-of-Work to deter AI web scraping

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 Bahasa(ID) · [email protected] ·

    Huang https://quokk.au/c/peoplemastodon/p/1304349/huang

    Huang https:// quokk.au/c/peoplemastodon/p/13 04349/huang

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