How OpenAI’s bot crushed this seven-person company’s web site ‘like a DDoS attack’
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OpenAI's bot overwhelmed Triplegangers' e-commerce site, attempting to scrape its entire database of 65,000 products and images. The incident highlights the need for websites to properly configure robot.txt files to block AI bots, as OpenAI's aggressive scraping caused site downtime and potential AWS bill increases for the small business.
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