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Question Posts May Become a Key Focus for AI Training Data

The success of generative AI depends on the quality and breadth of its data inputs.
Companies are revamping their data strategies to enhance AI responses.

The HackerNoon Newsletter: Managing Stress May Be A Lot Simpler Than You Think (12/17/2024) | HackerNoon

Effective stress management is crucial in tech.
Bluesky API enhances content curation and management.
BadGPT-4o showcases a shift in AI experimentation.
Web scraping and AI facilitate efficient data extraction.

Question Posts May Become a Key Focus for AI Training Data

The success of generative AI depends on the quality and breadth of its data inputs.
Companies are revamping their data strategies to enhance AI responses.

The HackerNoon Newsletter: Managing Stress May Be A Lot Simpler Than You Think (12/17/2024) | HackerNoon

Effective stress management is crucial in tech.
Bluesky API enhances content curation and management.
BadGPT-4o showcases a shift in AI experimentation.
Web scraping and AI facilitate efficient data extraction.
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#python

Introduction to Web Scraping With Python - Real Python

Web scraping is critical for extracting data from the web, aiding various fields like data science and investigative reporting.

PyCoder's Weekly | Issue #652

Structural pattern matching in Python allows developers to express complex data handling more clearly and concisely.

Let's Build a Free Web Scraping Tool That Combines Proxies and AI for Data Analysis | HackerNoon

The article focuses on building an AI-powered web scraper that can bypass advanced website security measures and automate data analysis.

Episode #227: New PEPs: Template Strings & External Wheel Hosting - The Real Python Podcast

The podcast explores recent Python updates including PEP 750 and PEP 759, emphasizing safety, flexibility, and user-friendliness enhancements in the language.

Beautiful Soup: Build a Web Scraper With Python Quiz - Real Python

Interactive quiz aimed at testing web scraping skills using Python and relevant libraries.

How to Open Chrome using Selenium in Python

Installing Selenium library in Python using pip
Opening and authenticating Google Chrome using Selenium in Python

Introduction to Web Scraping With Python - Real Python

Web scraping is critical for extracting data from the web, aiding various fields like data science and investigative reporting.

PyCoder's Weekly | Issue #652

Structural pattern matching in Python allows developers to express complex data handling more clearly and concisely.

Let's Build a Free Web Scraping Tool That Combines Proxies and AI for Data Analysis | HackerNoon

The article focuses on building an AI-powered web scraper that can bypass advanced website security measures and automate data analysis.

Episode #227: New PEPs: Template Strings & External Wheel Hosting - The Real Python Podcast

The podcast explores recent Python updates including PEP 750 and PEP 759, emphasizing safety, flexibility, and user-friendliness enhancements in the language.

Beautiful Soup: Build a Web Scraper With Python Quiz - Real Python

Interactive quiz aimed at testing web scraping skills using Python and relevant libraries.

How to Open Chrome using Selenium in Python

Installing Selenium library in Python using pip
Opening and authenticating Google Chrome using Selenium in Python
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Pierre de Wulf - Bootstrapping ScrapingBee to Millions

Pierre transformed his frustration as a developer into a successful SaaS company through lean operations and strategic growth.

The Importance of Proxies in e-Commerce Analytics - Social Media Explorer

E-commerce businesses use data analytics and proxies to gain insights, monitor competitors, and enhance customer engagement while maintaining security and efficiency.
#javascript

Web Scraping: Is C# or JavaScript the Superior Choice? | HackerNoon

C# offers robust libraries for efficient web scraping but has a steeper learning curve, while JavaScript allows flexible browser-based scraping with simpler initial setup.

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The script aims to enhance the text selection process from a slider without causing unintended movements.

Web Scraping: Is C# or JavaScript the Superior Choice? | HackerNoon

C# offers robust libraries for efficient web scraping but has a steeper learning curve, while JavaScript allows flexible browser-based scraping with simpler initial setup.

Disable links and allow copying in slider section

The script aims to enhance the text selection process from a slider without causing unintended movements.
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Staying Ethical and Legal in the Age of AI Web Scraping

Web scraping can be legal, especially when dealing with public data; ethics is also an important consideration for developers.
#ai

Web Scraping vs Web Crawling: Key Differences Explained!

Web scraping focuses on data extraction, while web crawling focuses on URL discovery. AI enhances both processes for efficient data handling.

Linkup connects LLMs with premium content sources (legally) | TechCrunch

Linkup's API enhances AI answers by providing access to premium content while addressing ethical concerns around web scraping and licensing.

Win Up to $2500 in the AI Writing Contest by Bright Data and HackerNoon | HackerNoon

AI relies heavily on data, and the upcoming contest encourages discussion on improving data collection methods.

Web Scraping vs Web Crawling: Key Differences Explained!

Web scraping focuses on data extraction, while web crawling focuses on URL discovery. AI enhances both processes for efficient data handling.

Linkup connects LLMs with premium content sources (legally) | TechCrunch

Linkup's API enhances AI answers by providing access to premium content while addressing ethical concerns around web scraping and licensing.

Win Up to $2500 in the AI Writing Contest by Bright Data and HackerNoon | HackerNoon

AI relies heavily on data, and the upcoming contest encourages discussion on improving data collection methods.
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Mastering Scraped Data Management (AI Tips Inside) | HackerNoon

Data processing and export are crucial next steps after scraping data from websites.
#advanced-techniques

How To Scrape Modern SPAs, PWAs, and AI-Driven Dynamic Sites | HackerNoon

Understand advanced web scraping techniques to adapt to modern web changes.
Recognize the differences between SPAs, PWAs, and AI-powered sites for effective scraping.

The Power of AI-Driven Proxy Management | HackerNoon

AI has transformed proxy management in web scraping, enhancing anonymity, security, and IP rotation.

Advanced Tips for Effective Data Extraction - DATAVERSITY

Understanding advanced data extraction techniques is crucial for organizations to maximize efficiency and accuracy in data analytics.

Web Scraping Optimization: Tips for Faster, Smarter Scrapers | HackerNoon

Advanced web scraping requires a shift from basic practices to more sophisticated strategies for scalability and long-term effectiveness.

How To Scrape Modern SPAs, PWAs, and AI-Driven Dynamic Sites | HackerNoon

Understand advanced web scraping techniques to adapt to modern web changes.
Recognize the differences between SPAs, PWAs, and AI-powered sites for effective scraping.

The Power of AI-Driven Proxy Management | HackerNoon

AI has transformed proxy management in web scraping, enhancing anonymity, security, and IP rotation.

Advanced Tips for Effective Data Extraction - DATAVERSITY

Understanding advanced data extraction techniques is crucial for organizations to maximize efficiency and accuracy in data analytics.

Web Scraping Optimization: Tips for Faster, Smarter Scrapers | HackerNoon

Advanced web scraping requires a shift from basic practices to more sophisticated strategies for scalability and long-term effectiveness.
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#automation

Using curl-impersonate in Node.js to avoid blocks - LogRocket Blog

curl-impersonate helps automate web interactions by mimicking legitimate browser requests, bypassing common anti-bot protections.

Elevate Your Scraping Project With Puppeteer Extra | HackerNoon

Puppeteer Extra enhances Puppeteer by adding plugin support, allowing for custom solutions to scrape dynamic content effectively.

Navigating Advanced Web Scraping: Insights and Expectations | HackerNoon

Web scraping automates the process of extracting data from websites, making it efficient and scalable.

Playwright Extra: extending Playwright with plugins - LogRocket Blog

Playwright Extra enhances Playwright's capabilities by adding extensibility with plugin support for automation and scraping tasks.

[New Gem] Chromate: Effortless Browser Automation with Ruby and CDP

Chromate offers a lightweight way to automate Chrome using CDP, making it an alternative to Selenium and Playwright.

The Role of the TLS Fingerprint in Web Scraping | HackerNoon

TLS fingerprinting can silently identify automated requests, leading to blocking even with proper HTTP headers in place.

Using curl-impersonate in Node.js to avoid blocks - LogRocket Blog

curl-impersonate helps automate web interactions by mimicking legitimate browser requests, bypassing common anti-bot protections.

Elevate Your Scraping Project With Puppeteer Extra | HackerNoon

Puppeteer Extra enhances Puppeteer by adding plugin support, allowing for custom solutions to scrape dynamic content effectively.

Navigating Advanced Web Scraping: Insights and Expectations | HackerNoon

Web scraping automates the process of extracting data from websites, making it efficient and scalable.

Playwright Extra: extending Playwright with plugins - LogRocket Blog

Playwright Extra enhances Playwright's capabilities by adding extensibility with plugin support for automation and scraping tasks.

[New Gem] Chromate: Effortless Browser Automation with Ruby and CDP

Chromate offers a lightweight way to automate Chrome using CDP, making it an alternative to Selenium and Playwright.

The Role of the TLS Fingerprint in Web Scraping | HackerNoon

TLS fingerprinting can silently identify automated requests, leading to blocking even with proper HTTP headers in place.
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The HackerNoon Newsletter: Netflix and Amazon: A Tale of Two Ad Tiers (11/14/2024) | HackerNoon

The emergence of AGI poses critical questions for humanity's survival alongside superintelligence.

Best mobile proxies for 2024

Mobile proxies are essential for effective online tasks requiring anonymity and geolocation access.
Oxylabs offers unparalleled mobile proxy services with extensive coverage and customizable features.
#cloudflare

Cloudflare reins in AI scraper bots with new Audit panel

Cloudflare enhances AI bot defense for customers, enabling analytics on web scrapers to improve control over unwelcome content.

New Cloudflare Tools Let Sites Detect and Block AI Bots for Free

AI companies' adherence to robots.txt is inconsistent, with some ignoring directives.
Cloudflare is enhancing bot-blocking strategies beyond simple acknowledgment of robots.txt.
A marketplace for negotiating scraping rights will soon facilitate value exchange for original content creators.

Bypassing JavaScript Challenges for Effective Web Scraping | HackerNoon

JavaScript challenges block web scraping by requiring execution of scripts that verify human presence.

Cloudflare offers 1-click block against web-scraping AI bots

Cloudflare offers a way to block AI bots from scraping website content to preserve a safe internet for content creators.

Cloudflare reins in AI scraper bots with new Audit panel

Cloudflare enhances AI bot defense for customers, enabling analytics on web scrapers to improve control over unwelcome content.

New Cloudflare Tools Let Sites Detect and Block AI Bots for Free

AI companies' adherence to robots.txt is inconsistent, with some ignoring directives.
Cloudflare is enhancing bot-blocking strategies beyond simple acknowledgment of robots.txt.
A marketplace for negotiating scraping rights will soon facilitate value exchange for original content creators.

Bypassing JavaScript Challenges for Effective Web Scraping | HackerNoon

JavaScript challenges block web scraping by requiring execution of scripts that verify human presence.

Cloudflare offers 1-click block against web-scraping AI bots

Cloudflare offers a way to block AI bots from scraping website content to preserve a safe internet for content creators.
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Perplexity is reportedly looking to fundraise at an $8B valuation | TechCrunch

Perplexity aims to raise $500 million to enhance its valuation, despite facing scrutiny from news publishers.
The company emphasizes its growth in query volume and revenue while seeking cooperative relationships with content publishers.

The Best User Agent for Web Scraping | HackerNoon

Understanding the User-Agent header is essential for effective web scraping and data requests.

Concurrency vs Parallelism

Concurrency efficiently manages multiple tasks without blocking, improving resource use, especially during I/O waits.
Parallelism executes multiple tasks simultaneously, enhancing performance in computation-intensive processes.
#data-extraction

After AgentGPT's success, Reworkd pivots to web-scraping AI agents | TechCrunch

Reworkd pivoted from building general AI agents to a web scraping company due to the overwhelming success of AgentGPT.

How to Scrape Google News with Python

Scraping Google News for articles using Python.
Extracting specific information like title, source, time, author, and link.

How to Scrape Domain.com.au Real Estate Data with Apify Actor | HackerNoon

The Apify actor efficiently scrapes real estate data from Domain.com.au, offering valuable insights for developers and professionals.

Web Scraping With Scrapy and MongoDB Quiz - Real Python

The quiz helps reinforce understanding of Web Scraping using Scrapy and MongoDB.

After AgentGPT's success, Reworkd pivots to web-scraping AI agents | TechCrunch

Reworkd pivoted from building general AI agents to a web scraping company due to the overwhelming success of AgentGPT.

How to Scrape Google News with Python

Scraping Google News for articles using Python.
Extracting specific information like title, source, time, author, and link.

How to Scrape Domain.com.au Real Estate Data with Apify Actor | HackerNoon

The Apify actor efficiently scrapes real estate data from Domain.com.au, offering valuable insights for developers and professionals.

Web Scraping With Scrapy and MongoDB Quiz - Real Python

The quiz helps reinforce understanding of Web Scraping using Scrapy and MongoDB.
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#data-restrictions

Crisis Looms as AI Companies Rapidly Losing Access to Training Data

The restrictions imposed by content hosts on publicly available data can severely impact the effectiveness of AI models.
AI companies relying on web scraped data may face bias, lack of diversity, and freshness due to increasing restrictions from content hosts.

Decline in data for AI bots to scrape

Websites are increasingly restricting data access for AI dataset scraping, impacting diversity and availability for AI models.

AI scrapers running out of space as restrictions close the net

AI scrapers face more restrictions and bans due to changing data source environment.

Crisis Looms as AI Companies Rapidly Losing Access to Training Data

The restrictions imposed by content hosts on publicly available data can severely impact the effectiveness of AI models.
AI companies relying on web scraped data may face bias, lack of diversity, and freshness due to increasing restrictions from content hosts.

Decline in data for AI bots to scrape

Websites are increasingly restricting data access for AI dataset scraping, impacting diversity and availability for AI models.

AI scrapers running out of space as restrictions close the net

AI scrapers face more restrictions and bans due to changing data source environment.
moredata-restrictions

DAG Hamilton Graph Presented as SVG in Blogger

The official DAG Hamilton logo improves usability and efficiency for graph rendering.
Blogger's rendering issues affect the display of SVG graphics and code integration.
DAG Hamilton aids in workflow visualization and code complexity management.
#cybersecurity

Unknown Botnet Using Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_ User Agent Ignoring Crawl Delay on WordPress Sites | HackerNoon

A botnet is aggressively scraping WordPress sites, ignoring robots.txt directives and causing server strain.

Avoid Getting Caught in a Honeypot Trap When Scraping the Web | HackerNoon

Honeypots are traps used by websites to detect and thwart web scraping, often leading to consequences like IP blocking.

Unknown Botnet Using Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_ User Agent Ignoring Crawl Delay on WordPress Sites | HackerNoon

A botnet is aggressively scraping WordPress sites, ignoring robots.txt directives and causing server strain.

Avoid Getting Caught in a Honeypot Trap When Scraping the Web | HackerNoon

Honeypots are traps used by websites to detect and thwart web scraping, often leading to consequences like IP blocking.
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#ai-companies

AI Website Scrapers Are Evolving at Alarming Rates

AI companies scraping web at rapid pace pose challenge for website owners in protecting content.

Reddit's CEO says Microsoft, Anthropic, and Perplexity scraping content is 'a real pain in the ass'

Reddit's CEO criticizes tech companies for using its data without payment.

Scrape or Be Scraped

Podscan navigates the challenges of web scraping while protecting against aggressive AI scrapers, highlighting the paradox of data availability and ownership.

AI Website Scrapers Are Evolving at Alarming Rates

AI companies scraping web at rapid pace pose challenge for website owners in protecting content.

Reddit's CEO says Microsoft, Anthropic, and Perplexity scraping content is 'a real pain in the ass'

Reddit's CEO criticizes tech companies for using its data without payment.

Scrape or Be Scraped

Podscan navigates the challenges of web scraping while protecting against aggressive AI scrapers, highlighting the paradox of data availability and ownership.
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Web Scraping With Scrapy and MongoDB - Real Python

Web scraping with Scrapy involves the ETL process: extracting, transforming, and loading data into storage like MongoDB.
#ai-models

Microsoft CEO of AI Says It's Fine to Steal Anything on the Open Web

Microsoft AI CEO views content on the open web as fair use for AI models, challenging traditional copyright norms.

Meta unleashes new web crawling bots with sneaky ways of avoiding a rule that blocks scraping of online content

Meta's new bots efficiently scrape web data for AI training, challenging existing content protection measures.

Harnessing Public Web Data for AI | HackerNoon

Effective data acquisition is crucial for AI performance, with web scraping being a key method.
Bright Data provides solutions for successful web data scraping such as proxy networks and pre-configured datasets.

Microsoft CEO of AI Says It's Fine to Steal Anything on the Open Web

Microsoft AI CEO views content on the open web as fair use for AI models, challenging traditional copyright norms.

Meta unleashes new web crawling bots with sneaky ways of avoiding a rule that blocks scraping of online content

Meta's new bots efficiently scrape web data for AI training, challenging existing content protection measures.

Harnessing Public Web Data for AI | HackerNoon

Effective data acquisition is crucial for AI performance, with web scraping being a key method.
Bright Data provides solutions for successful web data scraping such as proxy networks and pre-configured datasets.
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Websites are Blocking the Wrong AI Scrapers

Website owners struggle to block AI scrapers due to outdated robots.txt instructions and rapidly changing AI crawler bot names.

How to Create a Python Keyword Analyzer for SEO Optimization

Keyword analysis is crucial for website traffic. Python tools aid in building custom scripts. Libraries like beautifulsoup4, requests, & nltk are essential.

Web scraping as an API service

Web scraping is a last resort in backend integrations due to its brittleness and deviation from traditional API interactions.

A simple example of scraping a web page using Visual FA

Visual FA is a performance-oriented lexing/tokenizing engine for C#, useful for tasks like web scraping.
It does not have features like backtracking or capturing, making it more efficient for tasks like scraping web content.
#meta

Meta drops lawsuit against web scraping firm Bright Data that sold millions of Instagram records | TechCrunch

Meta dropped lawsuit against Bright Data after losing key claim in court.
Meta's case against Bright Data included claims of breach of contract and scraping of non-public data.

Court rules in favor of a web scraper, Bright Data, which Meta had used and then sued | TechCrunch

Meta has lost a legal battle with Bright Data, an Israeli tech firm, over data scraping from Facebook and Instagram.
Meta had previously been a paying customer of Bright Data for web scraping services before suing them.

Meta drops lawsuit against web scraping firm Bright Data that sold millions of Instagram records | TechCrunch

Meta dropped lawsuit against Bright Data after losing key claim in court.
Meta's case against Bright Data included claims of breach of contract and scraping of non-public data.

Court rules in favor of a web scraper, Bright Data, which Meta had used and then sued | TechCrunch

Meta has lost a legal battle with Bright Data, an Israeli tech firm, over data scraping from Facebook and Instagram.
Meta had previously been a paying customer of Bright Data for web scraping services before suing them.
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Data Privacy And Ownership To Remain Key Concerns In Web Scraping Industry Next Year

Web scraping for AI development raises concerns about data privacy and ownership.
Ethical questions arise regarding the fair use of public data by AI companies.

No Robots(.txt): How to Ask ChatGPT and Google Bard to Not Use Your Website for Training

OpenAI and Google have released guidance for website owners to opt-out of having their content used to train large language models (LLMs).
The use of web scraping for training AI models has been a common practice for researchers in various fields.

AI Tools Are Secretly Training on Real Images of Children

Over 170 children's images and personal details from Brazil were scraped without consent, used to train AI, posing privacy risks.

Apple denies using YouTube content to train Apple Intelligence

Apple denies using unethically sourced EleutherAI's 'Pile' for Apple Intelligence, confirms using it for OpenELM models.
EleutherAI scraps web for datasets like YouTube captions to democratize AI research, lower entry barrier for firms.
Apple's OpenELM created for research, not powering Apple Intelligence, no plans for expansion.

Amazon Is Investigating Perplexity Over Claims of Scraping Abuse

Amazon's cloud division investigates Perplexity AI for potentially violating AWS rules by scraping websites, despite the Robots Exclusion Protocol and terms of service.

Mastering Dynamic Web Scraping | HackerNoon

Web scraping requires reliable selectors and API interception for efficient data extraction.
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