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AI bots and scraping could push the open web out of reach

Original: Anno 202X, il web è così impestato e saccheggiato da bot e scraping dell'AI che i costi per la gestione di siti e comuni

Commenters warn that by 202X the web could be so infested with bots and AI scraping that running websites and online communities becomes affordable only for a handful of global billionaires, pushing humanity into isolated, self-contained systems. The post is drawing attention in Italian-language discussions about the rising costs of maintaining an open internet under pressure from automated AI traffic.

Why now: Growing alarm over AI crawlers driving up hosting costs and threatening the open web.

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