Moving past bots vs. humans

As AI agents bypass traditional web browsers, the distinction between bots and humans is blurring, requiring web protection systems to evolve.

• •AI clients fetch raw data without rendering pages, disrupting the implicit agreement between publishers and users
• •Website owners must identify intent and behavior rather than just distinguishing humans from bots to protect data
• •Bot management relies on imprecise signals (IP address, TLS session, User-Agent) since clients are unauthenticated by default
• •The client-server model's openness creates fundamental uncertainty about what happens to content after servers respond

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