Open Source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries

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Open Source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries

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Open source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries

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AI bots hungry for data are taking down FOSS sites by accident, but humans are fighting back.

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