RAG bots could overtake human visitors on publisher sites this year, trackers tell us The AI bot takeover of the internet continues apace, and the latest data suggests the surge is being driven less by model-training scrapes and more by the growing use of AI tools as a stand-in for web search.

New data shows AI bots pushing deeper into the web, prompting publishers to roll out more aggressive defenses.

Matt Schlicht, the Moltbook creator, envisions a future where bots live a "parallel life" with humans and hangout with each other to create content.

A Reddit for A.I.” social media platform has taken the internet by storm. But we’re not having the right conversations about it.

Moltbook, a portmanteau of Moltbot – a lobster-themed AI personal assistant system – and Facebook, is modelled on the popular human-based forum Reddit. It was developed by Matt Schlicht, a US tech entrepreneur who claims to have since handed over control of it to an AI.

Worries are that agentic AI bot swarms could overwhelm society. I focus on AI bots could undercut mental health. Democracy is at stake. An AI Insider scoop.

Bots are driving about one-third of social media discourse about the ICE operations in Minneapolis, according to data from PeakMetrics, a nonpartisan data intelligence company. Why it matters: Bots can warp public perception of fast-moving events,