DataDome reports that a single scalping operation has been hammering memory listings with requests every 6.5 seconds, ...

Tollbit, which tracks web-scraping activity, found that AI bots made up 2 percent of all traffic on the web in the fourth quarter of last year. That’s up from just half a percent in the first quarter, ...

An open source project called Scrapling is gaining traction with AI agent users who want their bots to scrape sites without permission.

Initiatives like the AI Labyrinth use “AI-generated content to slow down, confuse, and waste the resources of AI crawlers and other bots that don't respect 'no crawl' directives.” In recent weeks, ...

From small publishers to US federal agencies, websites are reporting unusual spikes in automated traffic linked to IP addresses in Lanzhou, China. When he first noticed the traffic spike, Quintero ...

WhatsApp has begun a global rollout of voice and video calling features on WhatsApp Web, allowing users to make and receive calls directly from their browser without installing the desktop app. This ...

“Many people suspect that these bots are part of an AI company’s effort to collect training data from web pages. In 2025, AI bots accounted for a significant portion of overall web traffic, which ...

The chatbot era is giving way to something bigger: AI systems that organize themselves into digital workforces capable of running projects from start to finish.

Until very recently, that was the message on the Trump administration’s just-launched website for its new protein-centric dietary guidelines, RealFood.gov, which was announced in a Super Bowl ...

OpenAI on Monday announced it’s beginning to test ads in the U.S. for users on its Free and Go subscription tiers. The newer Go plan is a low-cost subscription at $8 per month in the U.S. and was ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees that ChatGPT is "back to exceeding 10% monthly growth," according to an internal Slack message viewed by CNBC. The company is aiming to launch a new model within ...