Overview
- On TBPN, Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian called much of the internet "botted" or "quasi-AI" and argued for live, verifiably human interactions with "proof of life."
- OpenAI’s Sam Altman recently noted seeing "a lot of LLM-run" accounts on X, signaling that automated activity is increasingly visible on major platforms.
- Cybersecurity firm Imperva reported bots accounted for 51% of global web traffic in 2024, the first time in a decade automated traffic exceeded human activity.
- Researchers from Swiss universities say elements of the once-speculative theory are now observable as generative AI makes AI-made posts harder to distinguish from human content.
- A University of Zurich team’s bot experiment on Reddit’s r/changemyview was halted after Reddit threatened legal action, highlighting unresolved ethical and legal boundaries.