<ul><li>Open source developers are facing challenges with AI web-crawling bots, as they are disproportionately affected due to sharing more infrastructure publicly and having fewer resources.</li><li>An AI bot named AmazonBot caused DDoS outages by disobeying robot.txt rules on a Git server website hosting FOSS projects.</li><li>FOSS developer Xe Iaso created Anubis, a reverse proxy check inspired by Egyptian mythology, to block bots and allow human-operated browsers.</li><li>Anubis gained quick popularity in the FOSS community by preventing bot requests with a proof-of-work check and presenting a cute anime picture for successful human requests.</li></ul>

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