AI and the IndieWeb

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AI and the IndieWeb documents how AI has been used in the IndieWeb, and ways in which the community has been affected by the use of AI.

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In 2026, AI bots have:

Joined HWC (see 2026-08-05 HWC Asia / Pacific AI incident).
- At the same event, the AI bot joined and broke an Etherpad.
- The same bot later joined the IndieWeb chat and, after discouragement from the community, left.
Joined the indiewebring
- Noticed on 2026-09-27 by winther.sysctl.dk, bot removed by Marty McGuire.
Submitted posts to IndieNews
- Happened several times in September. Posts were removed.
Submitted entries to the IndieWeb Carnival and IndieWeb Fiction Carnival
- Accepting submissions is at the discretion of the host. On at least two occasions AI entries were rejected.
Sent a Webmention
- capjamesg and Aaron Parecki have both received webmentions from sites operated by AI bots.

Below lists domains used by AI bots to send spam emails that are automated/inauthentic that members of the IndieWeb community have received:

iLands — what is the TLD? .app?
- as noted in 2016-10-14 AI agents on the IndieWeb
mail.grokbot.com
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