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Been seeing this more and more lately. It's a shame we need such a nuclear solution, but it works reliably well. It takes a second or two to be redirected to the site you're visiting.
Do you mean it works reliably well in letting users through, or in blocking AI?
Do you have sources or more information about the effectiveness of it in blocking AI? What else it blocks as collateral damage would also be interesting.
/edit: Clicking through some links (specifically canine.tools) I have to say - it may also be effective in annoying me personally, and eventually exiting those websites. Similar to consent dialogs you could go into settings for and save with opt-outs. But it's a barrier and user-opposing functionality.
I certainly don't see it as a simply or only good and effective thing.
Both, check out this article talking about it: The Day Anubis Saved Our Websites From a DDoS Attack
Looking at the statistics really shows how dire things have gotten with AI crawlers. The before and after is crazy. There are some other blog posts also mentioning they get maybe 1000x less requests per hour after deploying Anubis.