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Citing Arkose Labs data, Tech Business News reports that bad bots now account for 73% of all internet traffic, with technology (76%), e-commerce (65%) and social media (46%) among the hardest-hit industries. Scraping bots saw a 432% surge between Q1 and Q2 2023 as AI-powered tools accelerated data harvesting from websites and social media. The piece flags the convergence of AI and bot automation as a key driver of the ongoing surge in malicious traffic.
