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ShieldFont Uses Ligatures To Block AI Scrapers
Designers Isaque Seneda and Gabriel Abrucio created ShieldFont, a typeface that renders readable text for humans but nonsensical characters in HTML. It leverages font ligatures to deceive scrapers during data collection. This provides web publishers a technical opt-out for unauthorized training. It is a clever, though likely temporary, deterrent against LLM training bots.