fattyfoods@feddit.nl to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoThe Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scraperswww.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1575arrow-down110cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
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minus-squarekcweller@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up83·2 days agoRobots.txt expects that the client is respecting the rules, for instance, marking that they are a scraper. AI scrapers don’t respect this trust, and thus robots.txt is meaningless.
Robots.txt expects that the client is respecting the rules, for instance, marking that they are a scraper.
AI scrapers don’t respect this trust, and thus robots.txt is meaningless.