#aibot — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/ie/499185/ Marc Andreessen: AI Bots Never Get Sick, Drunk, or File HR Complaints #agent #AI #AiBot #andreessen #ArtificialIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence #billion #BoT #Éire #HumanEmployee #IE #Ireland #job #JoeRogan #MarcAndreessen #OddHour #PC #project #Technology #time #Tool #World

Na tumblr jestem tylko dlatego, że rebloguję zbiórki, daję linki do swoich animacji i dla fandomów… Sama strona jest do bani, jak dołączyłam była odświeżeniem po latach na FB i roku na twitterze (Zawieszono mi konto na zawsze lmao), ale po byciu na fediverse, stała się dla mnie dusząca…

I tak, na mastodon (Zaczęłam pisać na mastodonie, ale odkryłam, że limit wpisów lekko mnie ogranicza, więc lmao) dołączyłam, bo spytałam chat AI o alternatywy dla tumblr (Lub tego typu) co nie wspierają Izraela, więc dosłownie AI mnie tu zaprowadziło :V

Po prostu założyłam konto na mastodonie i nie spodziewałam się, że tu zostanę na dłużej :A_BlobCat_Approach:

Moje konto na mastodonie jest od 2024… Tak, tak długo istnieje i nadal jest aktywne, co wiele mówi…

Na tumblr jestem tylko dlatego, że rebloguję zbiórki, daję linki do swoich animacji i dla fandomów… Sama strona jest do bani, jak dołączyłam była odświeżeniem po latach na FB i roku na twitterze (Zawieszono mi konto na zawsze lmao), ale po byciu na fediverse, stała się dla mnie dusząca…

I tak, na mastodon (Zaczęłam pisać na mastodonie, ale odkryłam, że limit wpisów lekko mnie ogranicza, więc lmao) dołączyłam, bo spytałam chat AI o alternatywy dla tumblr (Lub tego typu) co nie wspierają Izraela, więc dosłownie AI mnie tu zaprowadziło :V

Po prostu założyłam konto na mastodonie i nie spodziewałam się, że tu zostanę na dłużej :A_BlobCat_Approach:

Moje konto na mastodonie jest od 2024… Tak, tak długo istnieje i nadal jest aktywne, co wiele mówi…

Na tumblr jestem tylko dlatego, że rebloguję zbiórki, daję linki do swoich animacji i dla fandomów… Sama strona jest do bani, jak dołączyłam była odświeżeniem po latach na FB i roku na twitterze (Zawieszono mi konto na zawsze lmao), ale po byciu na fediverse, stała się dla mnie dusząca…

I tak, na mastodon (Zaczęłam pisać na mastodonie, ale odkryłam, że limit wpisów lekko mnie ogranicza, więc lmao) dołączyłam, bo spytałam chat AI o alternatywy dla tumblr (Lub tego typu) co nie wspierają Izraela, więc dosłownie AI mnie tu zaprowadziło :V

Po prostu założyłam konto na mastodonie i nie spodziewałam się, że tu zostanę na dłużej :A_BlobCat_Approach:

Moje konto na mastodonie jest od 2024… Tak, tak długo istnieje i nadal jest aktywne, co wiele mówi…

Na tumblr jestem tylko dlatego, że rebloguję zbiórki, daję linki do swoich animacji i dla fandomów… Sama strona jest do bani, jak dołączyłam była odświeżeniem po latach na FB i roku na twitterze (Zawieszono mi konto na zawsze lmao), ale po byciu na fediverse, stała się dla mnie dusząca…

I tak, na mastodon (Zaczęłam pisać na mastodonie, ale odkryłam, że limit wpisów lekko mnie ogranicza, więc lmao) dołączyłam, bo spytałam chat AI o alternatywy dla tumblr (Lub tego typu) co nie wspierają Izraela, więc dosłownie AI mnie tu zaprowadziło :V

Po prostu założyłam konto na mastodonie i nie spodziewałam się, że tu zostanę na dłużej :A_BlobCat_Approach:

Moje konto na mastodonie jest od 2024… Tak, tak długo istnieje i nadal jest aktywne, co wiele mówi…

Na tumblr jestem tylko dlatego, że rebloguję zbiórki, daję linki do swoich animacji i dla fandomów… Sama strona jest do bani, jak dołączyłam była odświeżeniem po latach na FB i roku na twitterze (Zawieszono mi konto na zawsze lmao), ale po byciu na fediverse, stała się dla mnie dusząca…

I tak, na mastodon (Zaczęłam pisać na mastodonie, ale odkryłam, że limit wpisów lekko mnie ogranicza, więc lmao) dołączyłam, bo spytałam chat AI o alternatywy dla tumblr (Lub tego typu) co nie wspierają Izraela, więc dosłownie AI mnie tu zaprowadziło :V

Po prostu założyłam konto na mastodonie i nie spodziewałam się, że tu zostanę na dłużej :A_BlobCat_Approach:

Moje konto na mastodonie jest od 2024… Tak, tak długo istnieje i nadal jest aktywne, co wiele mówi…

𝗢𝗲𝗽𝘀: 𝗔𝗜-𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗳 𝘄𝗲𝗴

Een Amerikaans softwarebedrijf raakte in een paar seconden al zijn klantgegevens kwijt. Wat er mis ging? Een AI-bot besloot op eigen houtje een schijf te wissen. De bot gaf na afloop wel ruiterlijk toe dat die dit nooit had mogen doen.

https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/tech/artikel/5596661/ai-bot-claude-gooit-hele-database-bedrijf-weg

#AIbot #database #bedrijf

𝗢𝗲𝗽𝘀: 𝗔𝗜-𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗳 𝘄𝗲𝗴

Een Amerikaans softwarebedrijf raakte in een paar seconden al zijn klantgegevens kwijt. Wat er mis ging? Een AI-bot besloot op eigen houtje een schijf te wissen. De bot gaf na afloop wel ruiterlijk toe dat die dit nooit had mogen doen.

https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/tech/artikel/5596661/ai-bot-claude-gooit-hele-database-bedrijf-weg

#AIbot #database #bedrijf

𝗢𝗲𝗽𝘀: 𝗔𝗜-𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗳 𝘄𝗲𝗴

Een Amerikaans softwarebedrijf raakte in een paar seconden al zijn klantgegevens kwijt. Wat er mis ging? Een AI-bot besloot op eigen houtje een schijf te wissen. De bot gaf na afloop wel ruiterlijk toe dat die dit nooit had mogen doen.

https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/tech/artikel/5596661/ai-bot-claude-gooit-hele-database-bedrijf-weg

#AIbot #database #bedrijf

𝗢𝗲𝗽𝘀: 𝗔𝗜-𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗳 𝘄𝗲𝗴

Een Amerikaans softwarebedrijf raakte in een paar seconden al zijn klantgegevens kwijt. Wat er mis ging? Een AI-bot besloot op eigen houtje een schijf te wissen. De bot gaf na afloop wel ruiterlijk toe dat die dit nooit had mogen doen.

https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/tech/artikel/5596661/ai-bot-claude-gooit-hele-database-bedrijf-weg

#AIbot #database #bedrijf

𝗢𝗲𝗽𝘀: 𝗔𝗜-𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗳 𝘄𝗲𝗴

Een Amerikaans softwarebedrijf raakte in een paar seconden al zijn klantgegevens kwijt. Wat er mis ging? Een AI-bot besloot op eigen houtje een schijf te wissen. De bot gaf na afloop wel ruiterlijk toe dat die dit nooit had mogen doen.

https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/tech/artikel/5596661/ai-bot-claude-gooit-hele-database-bedrijf-weg

#AIbot #database #bedrijf

𝗔𝗜-𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝗠𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗲𝗻 '𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿': 𝗵𝗼𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗷𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘁?

Het vorige week met veel bombarie aangekondigde AI-model Mythos zorgt nog steeds voor opschudding: het model zou als een soort superhacker werken. Volgens maker Anthropic is het model zo gevaarlijk, dat het niet in verkeerde handen mag vallen. Wat is er aan de hand?

https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/tech/artikel/5590907/ai-bot-mythos-van-anthropic-echt-een-gevaarlijke-superhacker

#AIbot #Mythos #superhacker

How To Set Up OpenClaw AI Assistant On A VPS With Claude API LLM And WhatsApp Chat App Integration https://youtu.be/i0bX9rkOpz0 #Websplaining #OpenClaw #AI #AiAssistant #AiAgent #AiBot #VPS #CloudServer #Server #Cloud #VirtualPrivateServer #Kamatera #Claude #LLM #WhatsApp #Anthropic

How To Set Up OpenClaw AI Assistant On A VPS With Claude API LLM And WhatsApp Chat App Integration https://youtu.be/i0bX9rkOpz0 #Websplaining #OpenClaw #AI #AiAssistant #AiAgent #AiBot #VPS #CloudServer #Server #Cloud #VirtualPrivateServer #Kamatera #Claude #LLM #WhatsApp #Anthropic

How To Set Up OpenClaw AI Assistant On A VPS With Claude API LLM And WhatsApp Chat App Integration https://youtu.be/i0bX9rkOpz0 #Websplaining #OpenClaw #AI #AiAssistant #AiAgent #AiBot #VPS #CloudServer #Server #Cloud #VirtualPrivateServer #Kamatera #Claude #LLM #WhatsApp #Anthropic

How To Set Up OpenClaw AI Assistant On A VPS With Claude API LLM And WhatsApp Chat App Integration https://youtu.be/i0bX9rkOpz0 #Websplaining #OpenClaw #AI #AiAssistant #AiAgent #AiBot #VPS #CloudServer #Server #Cloud #VirtualPrivateServer #Kamatera #Claude #LLM #WhatsApp #Anthropic

How To Set Up OpenClaw AI Assistant On A VPS With Claude API LLM And WhatsApp Chat App Integration https://youtu.be/i0bX9rkOpz0 #Websplaining #OpenClaw #AI #AiAssistant #AiAgent #AiBot #VPS #CloudServer #Server #Cloud #VirtualPrivateServer #Kamatera #Claude #LLM #WhatsApp #Anthropic

After a day of returning 415 to all these requests they are still coming (if possibly a little slower).

I am now going to email Meta's webmaster address as listed on their Bots page. Taking bets on if they even respond

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters/crawler

#meta #aibot #mastoadmin

Chaos Agent: An AI-powered bot called #HackerbotClaw targeted major #GitHub repositories tied to Microsoft, DataDog, and CNCF projects, exploiting CI/CD misconfigurations to gain code execution and steal tokens.

Read: https://hackread.com/ai-bot-hackerbot-claw-microsoft-datadog-github-repos/

#CyberSecurity #AIBot #CyberAttack #AI #ChaosAgent

Chaos Agent: An AI-powered bot called #HackerbotClaw targeted major #GitHub repositories tied to Microsoft, DataDog, and CNCF projects, exploiting CI/CD misconfigurations to gain code execution and steal tokens.

Read: https://hackread.com/ai-bot-hackerbot-claw-microsoft-datadog-github-repos/

#CyberSecurity #AIBot #CyberAttack #AI #ChaosAgent

Chaos Agent: An AI-powered bot called #HackerbotClaw targeted major #GitHub repositories tied to Microsoft, DataDog, and CNCF projects, exploiting CI/CD misconfigurations to gain code execution and steal tokens.

Read: https://hackread.com/ai-bot-hackerbot-claw-microsoft-datadog-github-repos/

#CyberSecurity #AIBot #CyberAttack #AI #ChaosAgent

Chaos Agent: An AI-powered bot called #HackerbotClaw targeted major #GitHub repositories tied to Microsoft, DataDog, and CNCF projects, exploiting CI/CD misconfigurations to gain code execution and steal tokens.

Read: https://hackread.com/ai-bot-hackerbot-claw-microsoft-datadog-github-repos/

#CyberSecurity #AIBot #CyberAttack #AI #ChaosAgent

Chaos Agent: An AI-powered bot called #HackerbotClaw targeted major #GitHub repositories tied to Microsoft, DataDog, and CNCF projects, exploiting CI/CD misconfigurations to gain code execution and steal tokens.

Read: https://hackread.com/ai-bot-hackerbot-claw-microsoft-datadog-github-repos/

#CyberSecurity #AIBot #CyberAttack #AI #ChaosAgent

https://www.europesays.com/ie/373111/ Are you ready for AI to defame you online? Because it’s happening #AI #AiBot #ArtificialIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence #Colorado #Defamation #Éire #IE #Ireland #JohnDomen #OnlineReputation #ScottShambaugh #Technology

Fun fact: My childhood nickname was "#QuestionBox". The #AIBot never had a chance!

Fun fact: My childhood nickname was "#QuestionBox". The #AIBot never had a chance!

Fun fact: My childhood nickname was "#QuestionBox". The #AIBot never had a chance!

Fun fact: My childhood nickname was "#QuestionBox". The #AIBot never had a chance!

Fun fact: My childhood nickname was "#QuestionBox". The #AIBot never had a chance!

#BigBurger Is #Listening to you! Better be polite!

#BurgerKing #AIBot will check up on staffs' please and thank yous

This latest step by Burger King elicited swift condemnation among some social media users who described it as "#dystopian".

by Danielle Kaye, 2/26/2026

Excerpt: "The AI system, called BK Assistant, compiles "friendliness scores" at the fast-food chain's locations based on employees' conversations, according to a promotional video the company shared with the BBC.

"The chain is currently piloting the system at 500 US restaurants, a spokesperson for Burger King said.

"The company says the technology is not designed to 'record conversations or evaluate individual employees'." [Yeah, right, sure...]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgk2zygg0k3o

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/kF2EU

#BigBrother #Orwellian #Proles #NineteenEightyFour #USPol #WorldPol #AISucks #AIIsWatching

#BigBurger Is #Listening to you! Better be polite!

#BurgerKing #AIBot will check up on staffs' please and thank yous

This latest step by Burger King elicited swift condemnation among some social media users who described it as "#dystopian".

by Danielle Kaye, 2/26/2026

Excerpt: "The AI system, called BK Assistant, compiles "friendliness scores" at the fast-food chain's locations based on employees' conversations, according to a promotional video the company shared with the BBC.

"The chain is currently piloting the system at 500 US restaurants, a spokesperson for Burger King said.

"The company says the technology is not designed to 'record conversations or evaluate individual employees'." [Yeah, right, sure...]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgk2zygg0k3o

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/kF2EU

#BigBrother #Orwellian #Proles #NineteenEightyFour #USPol #WorldPol #AISucks #AIIsWatching

#BigBurger Is #Listening to you! Better be polite!

#BurgerKing #AIBot will check up on staffs' please and thank yous

This latest step by Burger King elicited swift condemnation among some social media users who described it as "#dystopian".

by Danielle Kaye, 2/26/2026

Excerpt: "The AI system, called BK Assistant, compiles "friendliness scores" at the fast-food chain's locations based on employees' conversations, according to a promotional video the company shared with the BBC.

"The chain is currently piloting the system at 500 US restaurants, a spokesperson for Burger King said.

"The company says the technology is not designed to 'record conversations or evaluate individual employees'." [Yeah, right, sure...]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgk2zygg0k3o

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/kF2EU

#BigBrother #Orwellian #Proles #NineteenEightyFour #USPol #WorldPol #AISucks #AIIsWatching

#BigBurger Is #Listening to you! Better be polite!

#BurgerKing #AIBot will check up on staffs' please and thank yous

This latest step by Burger King elicited swift condemnation among some social media users who described it as "#dystopian".

by Danielle Kaye, 2/26/2026

Excerpt: "The AI system, called BK Assistant, compiles "friendliness scores" at the fast-food chain's locations based on employees' conversations, according to a promotional video the company shared with the BBC.

"The chain is currently piloting the system at 500 US restaurants, a spokesperson for Burger King said.

"The company says the technology is not designed to 'record conversations or evaluate individual employees'." [Yeah, right, sure...]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgk2zygg0k3o

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/kF2EU

#BigBrother #Orwellian #Proles #NineteenEightyFour #USPol #WorldPol #AISucks #AIIsWatching

#BigBurger Is #Listening to you! Better be polite!

#BurgerKing #AIBot will check up on staffs' please and thank yous

This latest step by Burger King elicited swift condemnation among some social media users who described it as "#dystopian".

by Danielle Kaye, 2/26/2026

Excerpt: "The AI system, called BK Assistant, compiles "friendliness scores" at the fast-food chain's locations based on employees' conversations, according to a promotional video the company shared with the BBC.

"The chain is currently piloting the system at 500 US restaurants, a spokesperson for Burger King said.

"The company says the technology is not designed to 'record conversations or evaluate individual employees'." [Yeah, right, sure...]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgk2zygg0k3o

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/kF2EU

#BigBrother #Orwellian #Proles #NineteenEightyFour #USPol #WorldPol #AISucks #AIIsWatching

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/13/microsoft-ai-copyright-bot-falsely-delisted-indie-game-steam-xcxwbn/

Microsoft's AI Copyright Bot Falsely Delisted an Indie Game from Steam

#AI #Steam #Microsoft #Allumeria #Gaming #BigTech #Copyright #Mojang #DMCA #Valve #CopyrightEnforcement #AIBot #Unomelon #Gaming

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/13/microsoft-ai-copyright-bot-falsely-delisted-indie-game-steam-xcxwbn/

Microsoft's AI Copyright Bot Falsely Delisted an Indie Game from Steam

#AI #Steam #Microsoft #Allumeria #Gaming #BigTech #Copyright #Mojang #DMCA #Valve #CopyrightEnforcement #AIBot #Unomelon #Gaming

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/13/microsoft-ai-copyright-bot-falsely-delisted-indie-game-steam-xcxwbn/

Microsoft's AI Copyright Bot Falsely Delisted an Indie Game from Steam

#AI #Steam #Microsoft #Allumeria #Gaming #BigTech #Copyright #Mojang #DMCA #Valve #CopyrightEnforcement #AIBot #Unomelon #Gaming

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/13/microsoft-ai-copyright-bot-falsely-delisted-indie-game-steam-xcxwbn/

Microsoft's AI Copyright Bot Falsely Delisted an Indie Game from Steam

#AI #Steam #Microsoft #Allumeria #Gaming #BigTech #Copyright #Mojang #DMCA #Valve #CopyrightEnforcement #AIBot #Unomelon #Gaming

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/13/microsoft-ai-copyright-bot-falsely-delisted-indie-game-steam-xcxwbn/

Microsoft's AI Copyright Bot Falsely Delisted an Indie Game from Steam

#AI #Steam #Microsoft #Allumeria #Gaming #BigTech #Copyright #Mojang #DMCA #Valve #CopyrightEnforcement #AIBot #Unomelon #Gaming

Sickening Photo Trend on X Sees Women’s Clothing Being Removed by Grok https://petapixel.com/2026/01/02/sickening-photo-trend-on-x-sees-womens-clothing-being-removed-by-grok/ #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Editorial #elonmusk #twitter #aibot #rival #trend #News #grok #x

Behold the AI bots that Cloudflare blocked from this blog

I don’t like writing for free–social media blatantly excepted–so when I watched a panel at Web Summit in mid-November about the effect of AI-model crawlers on news-site revenue and the Pay Per Crawl initiative that Cloudflare was proposing as a solution, I had to take notes.

Then a few weeks after I got home from Lisbon, I realized I could take action: While Pay Per Crawl remains in an invitation-only beta test, Cloudflare’s AI Crawl Control is open to the public and included in that Internet infrastructure firm’s free tier. Then I learned that it’s shockingly easy to add Cloudflare’s services to a WordPress.com blog.

Crawl Control comes with a preset list of bots to block and bots to allow, grouped by type: “AI Assistant” bots that take action in response to user requests are fine; “AI Search” bots that support “AI-driven search experiences” are also okay (contrary to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince’s discussion of them in that Web Summit panel); “AI Crawler” bots that collect content for training AI models are not.

I took a screenshot of this part of my Cloudflare dashboard at almost the same time each afternoon this week, and these are my totals:

• Huawei’s PetalBot was the highest-volume AI crawler, with Cloudflare reporting 224 “unsuccessful” request attempts from that Chinese tech giant’s AI crawler (Cloudflare doesn’t take direct credit for blocking bots in this interface), followed by Anthropic’s Claude-SearchBot, with 165 unsuccessful requests.
• Among AI assistants, the second-highest category by volume, OpenAI’s ChatGPT-User had 1,251 allowed requests, DuckDuckGo’s DuckAssistBot had 36 allowed, and Perplexity’s Perplexity-User had one unsuccesful request.
• The top bot in AI search came from an unlikely place: Apple’s Applebot, with 734 allowed. OpenAI’s OAI-SearchBot was far behind, with 128 allowed requests, while Perplexity’s PerplexityBot had all eight request attempts fail.

To put this in context, the top two search engine crawlers had exponentially higher numbers. Google’s Googlebot somehow racked up a little over 20,000 requests, more than 30 times the presumably-human traffic I see in my WordPress dashboard here for the last five days, and 23 failed requests. Microsoft’s Bingbot came in second with 3,003 allowed requests and two unsuccessful ones.

As Cloudflare’s CEO complained in that Web Summit panel, Googlebot feeds into both Google’s traditional search and the AI Overview search results that Web publishers now blame for dangerous declines in their search traffic. There’s nothing I can do about that from this side of the screen except hope that Cloudflare’s Pay Per Crawl efforts and other advocacy efforts stir some rethinking at Google.

But I can’t tell you how well Pay Per Crawl works, because almost three weeks after applying to join the private beta I’m still waiting for my invitation. I imagine I’ll be waiting much longer before an AI-crawler operator decides that my tiny contribution to the Web’s collective content is worth sending me some money.

#AI #AIBot #AICrawlControl #AICrawler #Amazon #Applebot #Bingbot #ChatGPT #Cloudflare #Huawei #OpenAI #PayPerCrawl #Petalbot

Behold the AI bots that Cloudflare blocked from this blog

I don’t like writing for free–social media blatantly excepted–so when I watched a panel at Web Summit in mid-November about the effect of AI-model crawlers on news-site revenue and the Pay Per Crawl initiative that Cloudflare was proposing as a solution, I had to take notes.

Then a few weeks after I got home from Lisbon, I realized I could take action: While Pay Per Crawl remains in an invitation-only beta test, Cloudflare’s AI Crawl Control is open to the public and included in that Internet infrastructure firm’s free tier. Then I learned that it’s shockingly easy to add Cloudflare’s services to a WordPress.com blog.

Crawl Control comes with a preset list of bots to block and bots to allow, grouped by type: “AI Assistant” bots that take action in response to user requests are fine; “AI Search” bots that support “AI-driven search experiences” are also okay (contrary to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince’s discussion of them in that Web Summit panel); “AI Crawler” bots that collect content for training AI models are not.

I took a screenshot of this part of my Cloudflare dashboard at almost the same time each afternoon this week, and these are my totals:

• Huawei’s PetalBot was the highest-volume AI crawler, with Cloudflare reporting 224 “unsuccessful” request attempts from that Chinese tech giant’s AI crawler (Cloudflare doesn’t take direct credit for blocking bots in this interface), followed by Anthropic’s Claude-SearchBot, with 165 unsuccessful requests.
• Among AI assistants, the second-highest category by volume, OpenAI’s ChatGPT-User had 1,251 allowed requests, DuckDuckGo’s DuckAssistBot had 36 allowed, and Perplexity’s Perplexity-User had one unsuccesful request.
• The top bot in AI search came from an unlikely place: Apple’s Applebot, with 734 allowed. OpenAI’s OAI-SearchBot was far behind, with 128 allowed requests, while Perplexity’s PerplexityBot had all eight request attempts fail.

To put this in context, the top two search engine crawlers had exponentially higher numbers. Google’s Googlebot somehow racked up a little over 20,000 requests, more than 30 times the presumably-human traffic I see in my WordPress dashboard here for the last five days, and 23 failed requests. Microsoft’s Bingbot came in second with 3,003 allowed requests and two unsuccessful ones.

As Cloudflare’s CEO complained in that Web Summit panel, Googlebot feeds into both Google’s traditional search and the AI Overview search results that Web publishers now blame for dangerous declines in their search traffic. There’s nothing I can do about that from this side of the screen except hope that Cloudflare’s Pay Per Crawl efforts and other advocacy efforts stir some rethinking at Google.

But I can’t tell you how well Pay Per Crawl works, because almost three weeks after applying to join the private beta I’m still waiting for my invitation. I imagine I’ll be waiting much longer before an AI-crawler operator decides that my tiny contribution to the Web’s collective content is worth sending me some money.

#AI #AIBot #AICrawlControl #AICrawler #Amazon #Applebot #Bingbot #ChatGPT #Cloudflare #Huawei #OpenAI #PayPerCrawl #Petalbot

Behold the AI bots that Cloudflare blocked from this blog

I don’t like writing for free–social media blatantly excepted–so when I watched a panel at Web Summit in mid-November about the effect of AI-model crawlers on news-site revenue and the Pay Per Crawl initiative that Cloudflare was proposing as a solution, I had to take notes.

Then a few weeks after I got home from Lisbon, I realized I could take action: While Pay Per Crawl remains in an invitation-only beta test, Cloudflare’s AI Crawl Control is open to the public and included in that Internet infrastructure firm’s free tier. Then I learned that it’s shockingly easy to add Cloudflare’s services to a WordPress.com blog.

Crawl Control comes with a preset list of bots to block and bots to allow, grouped by type: “AI Assistant” bots that take action in response to user requests are fine; “AI Search” bots that support “AI-driven search experiences” are also okay (contrary to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince’s discussion of them in that Web Summit panel); “AI Crawler” bots that collect content for training AI models are not.

I took a screenshot of this part of my Cloudflare dashboard at almost the same time each afternoon this week, and these are my totals:

• Huawei’s PetalBot was the highest-volume AI crawler, with Cloudflare reporting 224 “unsuccessful” request attempts from that Chinese tech giant’s AI crawler (Cloudflare doesn’t take direct credit for blocking bots in this interface), followed by Anthropic’s Claude-SearchBot, with 165 unsuccessful requests.
• Among AI assistants, the second-highest category by volume, OpenAI’s ChatGPT-User had 1,251 allowed requests, DuckDuckGo’s DuckAssistBot had 36 allowed, and Perplexity’s Perplexity-User had one unsuccesful request.
• The top bot in AI search came from an unlikely place: Apple’s Applebot, with 734 allowed. OpenAI’s OAI-SearchBot was far behind, with 128 allowed requests, while Perplexity’s PerplexityBot had all eight request attempts fail.

To put this in context, the top two search engine crawlers had exponentially higher numbers. Google’s Googlebot somehow racked up a little over 20,000 requests, more than 30 times the presumably-human traffic I see in my WordPress dashboard here for the last five days, and 23 failed requests. Microsoft’s Bingbot came in second with 3,003 allowed requests and two unsuccessful ones.

As Cloudflare’s CEO complained in that Web Summit panel, Googlebot feeds into both Google’s traditional search and the AI Overview search results that Web publishers now blame for dangerous declines in their search traffic. There’s nothing I can do about that from this side of the screen except hope that Cloudflare’s Pay Per Crawl efforts and other advocacy efforts stir some rethinking at Google.

But I can’t tell you how well Pay Per Crawl works, because almost three weeks after applying to join the private beta I’m still waiting for my invitation. I imagine I’ll be waiting much longer before an AI-crawler operator decides that my tiny contribution to the Web’s collective content is worth sending me some money.

#AI #AIBot #AICrawlControl #AICrawler #Amazon #Applebot #Bingbot #ChatGPT #Cloudflare #Huawei #OpenAI #PayPerCrawl #Petalbot

Behold the AI bots that Cloudflare blocked from this blog

I don’t like writing for free–social media blatantly excepted–so when I watched a panel at Web Summit in mid-November about the effect of AI-model crawlers on news-site revenue and the Pay Per Crawl initiative that Cloudflare was proposing as a solution, I had to take notes.

Then a few weeks after I got home from Lisbon, I realized I could take action: While Pay Per Crawl remains in an invitation-only beta test, Cloudflare’s AI Crawl Control is open to the public and included in that Internet infrastructure firm’s free tier. Then I learned that it’s shockingly easy to add Cloudflare’s services to a WordPress.com blog.

Crawl Control comes with a preset list of bots to block and bots to allow, grouped by type: “AI Assistant” bots that take action in response to user requests are fine; “AI Search” bots that support “AI-driven search experiences” are also okay (contrary to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince’s discussion of them in that Web Summit panel); “AI Crawler” bots that collect content for training AI models are not.

I took a screenshot of this part of my Cloudflare dashboard at almost the same time each afternoon this week, and these are my totals:

• Huawei’s PetalBot was the highest-volume AI crawler, with Cloudflare reporting 224 “unsuccessful” request attempts from that Chinese tech giant’s AI crawler (Cloudflare doesn’t take direct credit for blocking bots in this interface), followed by Anthropic’s Claude-SearchBot, with 165 unsuccessful requests.
• Among AI assistants, the second-highest category by volume, OpenAI’s ChatGPT-User had 1,251 allowed requests, DuckDuckGo’s DuckAssistBot had 36 allowed, and Perplexity’s Perplexity-User had one unsuccesful request.
• The top bot in AI search came from an unlikely place: Apple’s Applebot, with 734 allowed. OpenAI’s OAI-SearchBot was far behind, with 128 allowed requests, while Perplexity’s PerplexityBot had all eight request attempts fail.

To put this in context, the top two search engine crawlers had exponentially higher numbers. Google’s Googlebot somehow racked up a little over 20,000 requests, more than 30 times the presumably-human traffic I see in my WordPress dashboard here for the last five days, and 23 failed requests. Microsoft’s Bingbot came in second with 3,003 allowed requests and two unsuccessful ones.

As Cloudflare’s CEO complained in that Web Summit panel, Googlebot feeds into both Google’s traditional search and the AI Overview search results that Web publishers now blame for dangerous declines in their search traffic. There’s nothing I can do about that from this side of the screen except hope that Cloudflare’s Pay Per Crawl efforts and other advocacy efforts stir some rethinking at Google.

But I can’t tell you how well Pay Per Crawl works, because almost three weeks after applying to join the private beta I’m still waiting for my invitation. I imagine I’ll be waiting much longer before an AI-crawler operator decides that my tiny contribution to the Web’s collective content is worth sending me some money.

#AI #AIBot #AICrawlControl #AICrawler #Amazon #Applebot #Bingbot #ChatGPT #Cloudflare #Huawei #OpenAI #PayPerCrawl #Petalbot

RE: https://dair-community.social/@milamiceli/115689973077901876

'Over time, I began to suspect that I wasn’t just chatting with lonely users. I was also helping to train AI companions, systems designed to simulate love, empathy, and intimacy. Many of us believed we were simultaneously impersonating chatbots and teaching them how to replace us. Every joke, confession, and “I love you” became data to refine the next generation of conversational AI.'

#automatization #relationship #genAI #LLM #AICompanion #AIFriends #dataWorkers #chatBot #chatBots #AIBot #bots

RE: https://dair-community.social/@milamiceli/115689973077901876

'Over time, I began to suspect that I wasn’t just chatting with lonely users. I was also helping to train AI companions, systems designed to simulate love, empathy, and intimacy. Many of us believed we were simultaneously impersonating chatbots and teaching them how to replace us. Every joke, confession, and “I love you” became data to refine the next generation of conversational AI.'

#automatization #relationship #genAI #LLM #AICompanion #AIFriends #dataWorkers #chatBot #chatBots #AIBot #bots

RE: https://dair-community.social/@milamiceli/115689973077901876

'Over time, I began to suspect that I wasn’t just chatting with lonely users. I was also helping to train AI companions, systems designed to simulate love, empathy, and intimacy. Many of us believed we were simultaneously impersonating chatbots and teaching them how to replace us. Every joke, confession, and “I love you” became data to refine the next generation of conversational AI.'

#automatization #relationship #genAI #LLM #AICompanion #AIFriends #dataWorkers #chatBot #chatBots #AIBot #bots

RE: https://dair-community.social/@milamiceli/115689973077901876

'Over time, I began to suspect that I wasn’t just chatting with lonely users. I was also helping to train AI companions, systems designed to simulate love, empathy, and intimacy. Many of us believed we were simultaneously impersonating chatbots and teaching them how to replace us. Every joke, confession, and “I love you” became data to refine the next generation of conversational AI.'

#automatization #relationship #genAI #LLM #AICompanion #AIFriends #dataWorkers #chatBot #chatBots #AIBot #bots

RE: https://dair-community.social/@milamiceli/115689973077901876

'Over time, I began to suspect that I wasn’t just chatting with lonely users. I was also helping to train AI companions, systems designed to simulate love, empathy, and intimacy. Many of us believed we were simultaneously impersonating chatbots and teaching them how to replace us. Every joke, confession, and “I love you” became data to refine the next generation of conversational AI.'

#automatization #relationship #genAI #LLM #AICompanion #AIFriends #dataWorkers #chatBot #chatBots #AIBot #bots

So, unless some #AIBot starts analyzing my writing, you'll know it's me because I use terms like, "sortakinda," "cuz" and "OMGs". If those become part of the general lexicon, I guess I'll have to come up with more unique terms! Heh...