fromTechzine Global2 months agoArtificial intelligenceWikimedia is dealing with a 50 percent increase in bandwidth due to AI crawlers
fromThe Verge1 month agoPrivacy professionalsWikipedia fights the UK's 'flawed' and 'burdensome' online safety rules
fromTechzine Global2 months agoArtificial intelligenceWikimedia is dealing with a 50 percent increase in bandwidth due to AI crawlers
fromThe Verge1 month agoPrivacy professionalsWikipedia fights the UK's 'flawed' and 'burdensome' online safety rules
Artificial intelligencefromThe Verge1 month agoWikipedia is giving AI developers its data to fend off bot scrapersWikimedia is releasing a dataset for AI training to curb Wikipedia scraping.Partnership with Kaggle aims to provide structured data for AI model training.The dataset includes well-structured information while reducing server load from AI bots.
Artificial intelligencefromTheregister2 months agoWikimedia Foundation bemoans AI bot bandwidth burdenWeb-scraping bots are straining Wikimedia's resources, increasing bandwidth usage by 50% since January 2024, heavily impacting project sustainability.
Artificial intelligencefromThe Verge1 month agoWikipedia is giving AI developers its data to fend off bot scrapersWikimedia is releasing a dataset for AI training to curb Wikipedia scraping.Partnership with Kaggle aims to provide structured data for AI model training.The dataset includes well-structured information while reducing server load from AI bots.
Artificial intelligencefromTheregister2 months agoWikimedia Foundation bemoans AI bot bandwidth burdenWeb-scraping bots are straining Wikimedia's resources, increasing bandwidth usage by 50% since January 2024, heavily impacting project sustainability.
Privacy technologiesfromArs Technica2 months agoAI bots strain Wikimedia as bandwidth surges 50%AI crawlers are circumventing established rules, creating challenges for content platforms.Wikimedia is focusing on a systemic initiative to address scraping issues and protect its infrastructure.
fromTechCrunch2 months agoAI crawlers cause Wikimedia Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50% | TechCrunchThe Wikimedia Foundation stated that bandwidth consumption for multimedia downloads has surged by 50% due to automated scrapers rather than increased human traffic.Artificial intelligence
OMG sciencefromEngadget2 months agoWikipedia is struggling with voracious AI bot crawlersAI crawlers are causing a 50% increase in Wikimedia's bandwidth, threatening user access to content.