Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoAI crawlers cause Wikimedia(The umbrella organization of Wikipedia and a dozen or so other crowdsourced knowledge projects) Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50%.diff.wikimedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1705arrow-down16cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1699arrow-down1external-linkAI crawlers cause Wikimedia(The umbrella organization of Wikipedia and a dozen or so other crowdsourced knowledge projects) Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50%.diff.wikimedia.orgTea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square78fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squarekaty ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up84·1 day agowikipedia should install ai mazes on their servers
minus-squareKumaSudosa@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·16 hours agoNot in this case, to be fair. The only concern is cost - since Wiki wouldn’t be opposed to them getting their actual data - and AI mazes are designed to safeguard more sensitive data, not reducing cost
minus-squareupandatom@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoNice analysis. Need more smart people like you in the world
minus-squareKumaSudosa@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoI agree with that assessment!
minus-squareinbeesee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoAre there alternatives besides Cloudflare’s solution?
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·17 hours agoNepenthes does about the same thing but isn’t managed by a corp.
minus-squarebrognak@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoThere’s also Anubis, but it uses proof of work not a maze. https://anubis.techaro.lol/
wikipedia should install ai mazes on their servers
Not in this case, to be fair. The only concern is cost - since Wiki wouldn’t be opposed to them getting their actual data - and AI mazes are designed to safeguard more sensitive data, not reducing cost
Nice analysis. Need more smart people like you in the world
I agree with that assessment!
Are there alternatives besides Cloudflare’s solution?
Nepenthes does about the same thing but isn’t managed by a corp.
There’s also Anubis, but it uses proof of work not a maze.
https://anubis.techaro.lol/