Generative AI companies are significantly affecting the internet, particularly Open Access (OA) websites, by utilizing AI crawlers to scrape data without permission. This overwhelming traffic from AI crawlers contributes to resource strain and outages on these scholarly sites, which are meant to provide free and unrestricted information. The article also warns against potential legislative changes that could threaten online free speech, highlighting the critical role of OA in the Open Science movement and the growing dominance of bots, particularly AI crawlers, in overall web traffic.
Generative AI companies are starting to do real damage to the internet by not only taking data without permission but also sabotaging the sites they're stealing from.
Bot types collectively generate more traffic on the internet than humans, with AI crawlers being the fastest-growing kind, significantly impacting Open Access websites.
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