AI Bot Traffic Closing in on Human Web Visits, Study Finds

AI bot traffic closing in on human web visits, study finds

: RAG bots could overtake human visitors on publisher sites this year, trackers tell us

AI Bots Are Now a Signifigant Source of Web Traffic

New data shows AI bots pushing deeper into the web, prompting publishers to roll out more aggressive defenses.

The Silent Invasion: How AI Bots Have Quietly Seized Control of Internet Traffic

The internet is no longer primarily a human domain. In a development that has profound implications for digital infrastructure, cybersecurity, and the future of online commerce, artificial intelligence bots have emerged as a dominant force in web traffic, fundamentally reshaping how data flows across the digital ecosystem. According to recent research, these automated agents now account for a substantial portion of all internet activity, marking…

AI Bots Are Gaining On Humans As Source of Web Traffic

The Internet is going to the dogs bots. Agentic AI bots are displacing human activity in a typical accelerationist fashion: “Move fast and break things.” The OpenClaw virtual assistant is the tip of the iceberg with AI bots interacting with other AI bots, sans humans. Who reads that stuff, anyway? Even more bots, but not likely humans. The Internet is like a trash bin being filled to the top with trash that will eventually end up in a dumpster f…

Bots are taking over the internet and AI users are to blame

RAG bots could overtake human visitors on publisher sites this year, trackers tell us The AI bot takeover of the internet continues apace, and the latest data suggests the surge is being driven less by model-training scrapes and more by the growing use of AI tools as a stand-in for web search. . . .