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Bots Have Taken Over Nearly Half the Internet, but Almost a 3rd of Users Can’t Tell Difference

An increasing number of people are losing the ability to distinguish between bots and humans.
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Bots Have Taken Over Nearly Half the Internet, but Almost a 3rd of Users Can’t Tell Difference
Chatbots are most often used for low-level customer service and sales task automation, but researchers have been trying to make them perform more sophisticated tasks such as therapy. Tero Vesalainen/Shutterstock
Autumn Spredemann
Autumn Spredemann
8/8/2023|Updated: 8/9/2023
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Crossing paths with a robot or “bot” online is as common as finding a pair of shoes in your closet.

It’s a fundamental part of the internet, but users have hit a critical tipping point: An increasing number of people are losing the ability to distinguish between bots and humans.

Autumn Spredemann
Autumn Spredemann
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Autumn is a South America-based reporter covering primarily Latin American issues for The Epoch Times.
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