How OpenAI’s bot crushed this seven-person company’s web site ‘like a DDoS attack’

Triplegangers, a small company specializing in 3D image files, faced disruption when OpenAI's bot significantly overloaded their ecommerce site, akin to a DDoS attack. The bot attempted to download the company's extensive database of images, leading to site crashes and anticipated high server costs. This incident highlights the importance of properly configuring robot.txt files to block unwanted bots and the challenges small businesses face in protecting their data against AI scrapers.