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December 04, 2025

Websites are facing a growing influx of traffic they suspect are AI chatbots, which threaten their businesses. But identifying the bots isn't easy.

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Inside Web Publishers’ Quest to Stamp Out AI Bots Posing as Humans

By Catherine Perloff

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