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EPISODE · Jul 9, 2025 · 39 MIN

How to Fight Back Against AI Bot Scrapers

from The 404 Media Podcast · host 404 Media

We’re back! We start this week with Emanuel’s article about Anubis, an open source piece of software that is saving the internet from AI bot scrapers. After the break, Joseph tells us about the new facial recognition app ICE is using and which he revealed. In the subscribers-only section, we do a lightning round runthrough of a bunch of our recent stories about LLMs and how to trick them, or what they don’t understand. YouTube version: https://youtu.be/lqJL1u8UhmE The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show AI Models And Parents Don’t Understand ‘Let Him Cook’ Fine-Tuning LLMs For ‘Good’ Behavior Makes Them More Likely To Say No Researchers Jailbreak AI by Flooding It With Bullshit Jargon Thumbnail credit: Mascot by CELPHASE. Subscribe at 404media.co for bonus content Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re back! We start this week with Emanuel’s article about Anubis, an open source piece of software that is saving the internet from AI bot scrapers. After the break, Joseph tells us about the new facial recognition app ICE is using and which he revealed. In the subscribers-only section, we do a lightning round runthrough of a bunch of our recent stories about LLMs and how to trick them, or what they don’t understand. YouTube version: https://youtu.be/lqJL1u8UhmE The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show AI Models And Parents Don’t Understand ‘Let Him Cook’ Fine-Tuning LLMs For ‘Good’ Behavior Makes Them More Likely To Say No Researchers Jailbreak AI by Flooding It With Bullshit Jargon Thumbnail credit: Mascot by CELPHASE. Subscribe at 404media.co for bonus content Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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