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An experiment shows that ads on ChatGPT have poor targeting and low conversion rates compared to Google ads and free referrals, with bot traffic ruled out as the primary cause.
The post highlights the existence of 3,749 AI-run news sites that primarily serve machine traffic, framing it as an infrastructure issue and seeking technical solutions.
Scalper bots are dominating traffic to DDR5 RAM listings, with bad bots accounting for 91% of requests on one retailer, leading to significant price increases and shortages due to high demand and supply constraints.
Known Agents' report on AI bot traffic across 5,000+ websites shows rising AI-related activity, with some actors spoofing AI bots like ClaudeBot to run mass vulnerability scans.
Time Magazine has begun serving ads formatted as FAQs specifically designed to influence AI agents, using markdown pages and AI ad tech from Mobian to monetize growing bot traffic and shape AI-generated responses.
The article reports that AI agents now account for a majority of web traffic, with agentic traffic growing 7,851% year-over-year, signaling a fundamental shift from human-centric web design to agent-friendly interfaces.