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LLM scraper bots are overloading acme.com's HTTPS server

LLM scraper bots are now a real infrastructure problem. acme.com's HTTPS servers can't handle the load.

Reporting by Hacker News 1 min brief
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Web scraping by AI training operations is creating measurable infrastructure costs and operational challenges for websites, raising questions about sustainable data sourcing practices in the AI industry.

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  1. LLM scraper bots causing server overload on acme.com

  2. Published April 8, 2026

  3. 33 points on Hacker News with 28 comments indicating community concern

  4. HTTPS server performance impact documented

  5. LLM scraper bots causing HTTPS server overload

  6. Discussion on Hacker News (33 points, 28 comments)

  7. Infrastructure impact from AI model training activities

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Hacker Newsacme.com

Publisher excerpt: Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 33 # Comments: 28
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