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Bots are scraping open data — how should researchers respond?

Nature Monday 08 June 2026, 00:00 UTC By Chris Stokel-Walker 1 min read
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Nature, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01689-0The snowballing ability of artificial intelligence to trawl open data sets has some scientists worried about losing control of their information.

Nature, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01689-0

The snowballing ability of artificial intelligence to trawl open data sets has some scientists worried about losing control of their information.
doi:10.1038 (ORG)
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