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Bots are raiding library collections to feed AI — shutting out researchers and the public | CBC News

Academic libraries are fighting off swarms of data-scraping bots — that are slowing or crashing sites meant for students, researchers and the public — as AI companies continue hunting for content to feed their large language models.

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