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Rewiring the Matrix: Grass's Blueprint for AI's Data Democracy

Grass is democratizing data in the AI revolution by turning millions of internet users into data miners

> This article explore the current challenges in AI data we face and how Grass, as a democratic data layer of AI, works to foster a more equitable and innovative AI landscape

Traditionally, web scraping from data centers is a cost efficient method to access large amounts of data. However, as more websites are trying to protect their data, web scraping from data centers can be easily blocked or circumvented. Websites can identify and block IP addresses associated with known data centers. Additionally, data center traffic often shows patterns typical of automated scraping (high volume, consistent timing) and lack the variability and "noise" associated with real user behavior, thus making them more identifiable and vulnerable to being targeted.