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Reviewed and published by trentmaziarz, May 11, 2026. Discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline.

Spawning AI offers Kudurru, a network-based tool that detects web scrapers collecting images for AI training and allows website owners to block them or send back substitute images.

Details

Kudurru works by having member websites analyze incoming web traffic to identify and blacklist IP addresses associated with AI data scrapers. Website owners can choose to block detected scrapers outright or optionally serve them alternate images (a technique sometimes called 'data poisoning'), which can corrupt the data a scraper collects. Sites enrolled in Kudurru are also automatically added to Spawning's Do Not Train Registry. As of November 2023, Kudurru was in beta and available as a WordPress plugin blocking over 400 identified scraper bots.

Products affected

Kudurru

Sources & Evidence

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Trace Foundation. (2026). Spawning AI: Spawning AI offers Kudurru, a network-based tool that detects web scrapers collecting images for AI training and allows website owners to block them or send back substitute images (data as of 2026-05-11) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/770188a5-61e7-47f8-92cd-c70731ea9a17. Accessed October 5, 2026.

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https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/770188a5-61e7-47f8-92cd-c70731ea9a17
Data as of
May 11, 2026
Last verified
April 21, 2026

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