[ExI] Bots and AI are now half of internet traffic

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Does that include spam as well?

On Fri, 3 May 2024, BillK via extropy-chat wrote:

> Yes, The Bots Really Are Taking Over The Internet
> Emma Woollacott    Apr 16, 2024
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> <https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2024/04/16/yes-the-bots-really-are-taking-over-the-internet/>
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> Quotes:
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> Bots now account for nearly half of all internet traffic globally, with so-called “bad bots” responsible for a third.
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> The proportion of internet traffic generated by bots hit its highest level last year, up 2% on the year before, according to the 2024
> Imperva Bad Bot Report. Traffic from human users fell to just 50.4%.
> 
> Bad bots have already taken over in Ireland, where they account for 71% of traffic, and in Germany, where they account for 68%.
> Mexico, meanwhile, sees 43% of traffic generated by malicious bots, with the U.S. figure standing at 34%.
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> Generative AI, as you'd expect, is making things worse, with the volume of simple bots increasing to 40% in 2023, up from 33% in
> 2022.
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> The proportion of advanced bad bots—those that closely mimic human behavior and evade defenses—was highest in law and government at
> 78%, followed by entertainment at 71% and financial services at 67%.
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> No wonder most of our population is feeling harassed and confused!
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> BillK
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