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AI/LLM Usage Becoming A "Denial of Service Attack" On Open-Source Project Maintainers (www.phoronix.com)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by inari@piefed.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] RepleteLocum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ddosing is illegal. Sure, US won't care, but you could try it in the EU.

[โ€“] luciferofastora@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Does this actually meet the legal criteria for DDoS though?