AI and bots have officially taken over the internet, report finds

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/26/ai-bots-humans-internet.html

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vivzkestrelMar 26, 2026, 3:47 PM
what happens to online revenue for everyone if say 90% of the traffic becomes bots?
knollimarMar 26, 2026, 4:37 PM
Presumably the usage of humans stays relatively constant and costs for infrastructure increase 5 to 10x.

Just means you just pay out 1/10th as much per traffic; you already had some estimator for signal to noise measuring buying likelihood. It's just gonna drop

shalgMar 26, 2026, 4:04 PM
As long as humans keep using the internet I can’t see it mattering too much. Has this impacted the amount people who are using social media I wonder.
arbugeMar 26, 2026, 5:12 PM
That depends to a large extent on whether & when the bots will be endowed with spending power.
bluefirebrandMar 26, 2026, 4:04 PM
Hopefully it goes to zero

Maybe if the internet's value is absolutely destroyed we can start over. Or just bury it in the past

chinadataMar 26, 2026, 4:42 PM
Because the major user of internet is also change to AI and bot, human only talk to AI and bot instead of search on Internet