HUMAN Security said traffic from AI agents capable of clicking, filling forms and submitting data has shifted the internet from passive scraping toward more active automated behavior.
Traffic from autonomous AI agents that can take actions such as clicking links, filling out forms and submitting data rose 7,851% over a single year, HUMAN Security said. The company framed the jump as a shift from an era dominated by passive web scrapers toward more active automated participants online, underscoring how AI-driven bots are moving beyond data collection into direct interaction with websites and services.