It's official. The internet now belongs to the machines.
Only 42.5% of website visits now come from actual people.
For the first time ever, bots are the dominant population online, and we’re becoming the minority species.
Congratulations humanity!
#ai #technology
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/bots-have-now-passed-human-traffic-online-cloudflare-boss-laments-says-agentic-traffic-wasnt-expected-to-eclipse-real-people-until-next-year
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