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The article describes Anubis, a JavaScript-based bot protection system that uses a proof-of-work challenge to prevent AI web scrapers from overloading servers. The system implements a Hashcash-style verification requiring computational effort from users, making large-scale scraping economically impractical while remaining negligible for legitimate individual visitors. The developer notes this is a temporary measure until more sophisticated methods of identifying automated browsers can be implemented.
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