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Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors (www.404media.co)
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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

all websites should block ai and bot traffic on principle.

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The problem is many no longer identify as bots and come from hundreds if not thousands of IPs.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Voight-Kampff them.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

all websites should block ai and bot traffic on principle.

Increasing numbers do.

But there is no proof that the LLM trawling bots are willing to respect those blocks.