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Mastodon deploys Anubis to deter AI scraping via Proof-of-Work

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Mastodon is implementing a system called Anubis to deter AI companies from scraping its platform. Anubis employs a Proof-of-Work mechanism, similar to Hashcash, to increase the computational cost for mass scrapers. The goal is to protect website resources from being overwhelmed by aggressive scraping, with plans to further refine bot detection through methods like fingerprinting headless browsers. AI

IMPACT This measure could impact the accessibility of data for AI training, potentially increasing costs for AI companies.

RANK_REASON Implementation of a new anti-scraping tool by a platform.

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Mastodon deploys Anubis to deter AI scraping via Proof-of-Work

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

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