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Anti-AI fonts considered harmful

Andrew Yaros, in a blog post, argues that anti-AI fonts—typefaces designed to confuse AI systems—are useless and harmful, primarily because they are inaccessible. The post, highlighted by Boing Boing, notes that while such fonts may be works of art making a point, they are not suitable for production use.

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Bizarre or misshapen typefaces designed to confuse or stymie AI (previously and previously at Boing Boing) regularly go viral. But they're works of art making a point rather than something to actually use in production.

"Anti-AI fonts are useless and harmful," writes Andrew Yaros, not least because they are inaccessible. — Read the rest

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