DeepSeek Inquiries Overshadow Microsoft’s Financial Report

Microsoft’s recent earnings report, while anticipated, is facing increased scrutiny as investors and analysts focus on the company’s competitive position concerning DeepSeek, a rival AI model. The technological implications of DeepSeek’s capabilities are prompting deeper questions than those related to the quarterly financial data.

Website Owners Deploy Deceptive Tactics Against AI Scrapers

Some website owners are implementing methods designed to ensnare and mislead artificial intelligence web crawlers that disregard the instructions outlined in robots.txt files. These techniques, often referred to as “tarpits,” aim to slow down or disrupt the operations of these non-compliant AI scrapers.