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The Internet Will Be More Dead Than Alive Within 3 Years, Trend Shows
All signs point to a future internet where bot-driven interactions far outnumber human ones.
It Seems a Lot Like Dead Internet Has Actually Come True
The latest data shows that most of the internet is now being dominated by bots and AI agents, making it deader than ever.
AI is killing the web. Can anything save it?
The rise of ChatGPT and its rivals is undermining the economic bargain of the internet
Commence the Botwatch | Botwatch Blog
Bots were already a pain online when they were little more than if-then scripts. Now a tidal wave of slop is swamping the internet as big tech companies profit. OpenAI and the rest would love for you to believe they care about "alignment" and "values" while their AI models damage our communities, both online and off. It's time to fight back.
Unauthorised AI Bots on Reddit are Eroding Sociality
Where do we go if online discourse is overrun by AI bots?
Scientists Created an Entire Social Network Where Every User Is a Bot, and Something Wild Happened
Researchers simulated a social media platform that was populated entirely by AI to see if we can stop them from turning into echo chambers.
To block, or not to block, AI bots: It’s a prisoner’s dilemma
Back in July, when Bay City News Foundation first began to track AI bot traffic on its news website, LocalNewsMatters.org, the referral rate of humans
How AI bots quietly dismantle paywalls via web search
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots have figured out how to get around paywalls through "live" web search—and they're doing it systematically and quietly across major publications, new Digital Digging research reveals.
Please Let the Internet Die
Online spaces are captured by oligarchs and saturated with slop—and they’re exacerbating humanity’s worst impulses. It’s time to start over.
AI-driven Bot Attacks Surged 12.5x According to Thales Bad Bot Report
Bots now dominate the internet, accounting for over half of all traffic, with 40% classified as malicious.AI is erasing the line between legitimate and maliciou
Patrick - I'm worried about the web
I'm worried about the web. I don't want to live in a world where most users of internet-connected devices consume their information and accomplish their tasks via a chat bot interface.
What Was the Internet?
As AI overtakes the web, five writers reflect on how far it’s fallen and what comes next.
What Was the Internet?
As AI overtakes the web, five writers reflect on how far it’s fallen and what comes next.
Millions of Volunteers Are Keeping the Internet Human. For Now.
We’re never going back to the human internet we had. But we can hope for a better internet than the AI-dominated one that is emerging, writes Sarah Gilbert.
Regretful Accelerationism
The Internet removed constraints from the analog world, and AI is finishing the job. That this may be the final blow for the Internet as a source for truth may ultimately be for the best.
