SMRTR AIFeb 5, 2026Ars Technica

Increase of AI bots on the Internet sparks arms race

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Web-scraping companies face lawsuits from Meta and X over AI training data collection, defending their practice of accessing only public content. This has created over 40 new bot services and "generative engine optimization" businesses.

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