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As you're seeing this message, it's likely because the administrator of this website has taken measures to protect against the increasing threat of AI companies aggressively scraping websites. This issue affects many sites, causing downtime and rendering resources inaccessible to everyone.

The solution is called Anubis, a compromise designed to safeguard servers from these malicious activities. Anubis uses a Proof-of-Work scheme inspired by Hashcash, which aims to make website scraping much more expensive for mass scraper operations. At an individual scale, the additional load may be negligible, but it adds up when many websites are targeted simultaneously.

The true purpose of Anubis is not to eliminate AI scrapers completely, but rather to create a "good enough" placeholder solution that can buy time for more advanced solutions to be developed. These advanced solutions focus on fingerprinting and identifying headless browsers, such as those used by bots, allowing the challenge proof-of-work page to be presented only to legitimate users who are less likely to be scraping websites.

However, Anubis requires the use of modern JavaScript features that plugins like JShelter can disable. To overcome this challenge, you must enable JavaScript on your device. Unfortunately, a no-JS solution is still in development.

"We've had to adapt our approach to how website hosting works due to the changing landscape of AI companies," explained [Admin's Name], who manages the website. "Enabling JavaScript has become essential for accessing content and resources that were previously available without it."

To minimize disruptions, we encourage users to disable plugins like JShelter or other similar tools when visiting this domain. We're working hard to find a more permanent solution that balances security with user convenience.