# \#anti-ai

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## [MusicBrainz getting slower probably because a growing amount of 503 errors](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-getting-slower-probably-because-a-growing-amount-of-503-errors/815514)

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**Author:** [@sanojjonas](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/sanojjonas)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-getting-slower-probably-because-a-growing-amount-of-503-errors/815514 "2026-09-16T21:37:24Z")

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so it feels like musicbrainz is getting much slower. an i notice when i was trying to fix some stuff on my userscripts that i more frequently get 503 errors. i don’t think it is my ip because then the block would be m…

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## [Confusion about AI usage](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/confusion-about-ai-usage/815619)

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**Author:** [@LilaHexe](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/LilaHexe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/confusion-about-ai-usage/815619 "2026-09-10T12:59:26Z")

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I’m aware that the entire MusicBrainz project is having a lot of problems with AI scrapers, leading to reduced performance and even outages. Despite this, MusicBrainz Picard seems to be using agentic coding as part of t…

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## [Edit pages taking forever to load](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/edit-pages-taking-forever-to-load/815260)

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**Author:** [@gguigui](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/gguigui)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/edit-pages-taking-forever-to-load/815260 "2026-07-20T14:30:32Z")

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This is an on-and-off issue I’ve been having for a while: sometimes edit pages take forever to load, showing the spinning wheel with “loading”. I’ve just tried it and the problem shows on Firefox Nightly (normal browsin…

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## [AI and open source: Should we now move out of GitHub](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/ai-and-open-source-should-we-now-move-out-of-github/815176)

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**Author:** [@jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jesus2099)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/ai-and-open-source-should-we-now-move-out-of-github/815176 "2026-07-01T08:27:11Z")

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Should we move our repos out of GitHub and into an owned repo, behind Anubis (AI crawler protection)? I guess GitHub Copilot is using our benevolent human written code and commits for its own development and benefits. I…

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## [AI Shit in MB](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/ai-shit-in-mb/814731)

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**Author:** [@jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jesus2099)\
**Replies:** 71\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/ai-shit-in-mb/814731 "2026-05-06T13:03:50Z")

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I’ve edited my first AI entity today. My wife heard a cool song somewhere in a market, she wanted info on it. Upon listen, it sounded like Joe Bonamassa. I’ve used sound recognition on Deezer app and it gave me an old…

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## [Is anything being done with the MB blog now?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/is-anything-being-done-with-the-mb-blog-now/813728)

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**Author:** [@Deleted\_Editor\_2599073](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Deleted_Editor_2599073)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/is-anything-being-done-with-the-mb-blog-now/813728 "2025-11-27T19:33:40Z")

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## [MusicBrainz not reachable using Beets](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-not-reachable-using-beets/813727)

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**Author:** [@AchillesPDX](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/AchillesPDX)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-not-reachable-using-beets/813727 "2025-11-19T13:55:19Z")

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Some kind of issue has been going on for the past couple weeks when trying to import my music using Beets and I didn’t previously have any issues like this. I can access musicbrainz.org via my web browser just fine, but…

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## [What's the max artist limit on a release](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/whats-the-max-artist-limit-on-a-release/745761)

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**Author:** [@glawie](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/glawie)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/whats-the-max-artist-limit-on-a-release/745761 "2025-03-09T16:33:17Z")

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With tongue mostly in cheek, once the full list of 1,000 artists is available, how many of them can be added as release artist, or should they just be listed as performer ARs, or perhaps just “member of” artist-artist re…
