ByteDance looks like it's eager to make up for lost time when it comes to scraping the web for data needed to train its generative AI models. The China-based parent company of video app TikTok ...

Meta has quietly unleashed a new web crawler to scour the internet and collect data en masse to feed its AI model. The crawler, named the Meta External Agent, was launched last month according to ...

Kasada’s Q2 2025 Threat Report breaks down the top bot attack trends: from AI scraping bots hammering infrastructure, to scalper bots flipping hype-driven inventory, to stolen travel accounts surging ...

Barracuda research reveals the extent of data scraping bots Not all bots are bad, but many extract huge amounts of data without permission These "gray bots" can be highly aggressive, report warns New ...

GUEST RESEARCH: Generative AI scraper bots target websites 24 hours a day with up to half a million requests for information, according to the latest Barracuda detection data. In a new report, ...

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