The most 'ethical' AI company might also be the web's biggest freeloader

Cloudflare data shows AI bots scrape heavily and send little traffic back, raising questions about ethics and the web's ...
MyBroadband

Google begins to analyse and scrape dark web

Google says it has started using AI agents to analyse and scrape the mostly unmapped dark web for cybersecurity threats. Agents will automatically visit scores of deep web hacker forums and ...
Wired

AI Bots Are Now a Significant Source of Web Traffic

The viral virtual assistant OpenClaw—formerly known as Moltbot, and before that Clawdbot—is a symbol of a broader revolution underway that could fundamentally alter how the internet functions. Instead ...
Lifehacker

Google Shut Down Its Dark Web Monitoring Tool, so Here's What to Use Instead

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...
The Verge

Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’

SerpApi says it can deliver Google search results for use by AI tools, but Google claims it’s illegally evading bot-blockers to steal copyrighted content. SerpApi says it can deliver Google search ...
Search Engine Land

Google sues SerpApi over scraping and reselling Search data

Google said today that it is suing SerpApi, accusing the company of bypassing security protections to scrape, harvest, and resell copyrighted content from Google Search results. The allegations: ...
Android Authority

Google Photos for web offers two choices on how to handle RAW image editing

Google Photos is changing how RAW images are handled on the web. When you click edit, you’ll have two options: Edit with Google Photos or download the RAW file. Choosing to edit with Photos will ...
Phys.org

Poor mental health linked to dark web use

The dark web—a hidden corner of the internet accessed through privacy-preserving tools like the Tor browser—operates beyond the reach of traditional search engines and public platforms. Unlike the ...
CNN

Granddaughter of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ author criticizes use of book title in DHS immigration crackdown operation

In the popular children’s book “Charlotte’s Web,” the title character, a spider, uses her web as an instrument of good to help secure the freedom of Wilbur, a pig on her farm. Federal immigration ...
The Hill

OpenAI launches web browser ChatGPT Atlas: How to start using it

(NEXSTAR) – OpenAI announced Tuesday it is launching a ChatGPT-powered web browser called Atlas that will compete directly with widely-used Google Chrome. The news appeared to ripple into the stock ...
The New York Times

OpenAI Unveils Web Browser Built for Artificial Intelligence

The new browser, called Atlas, is designed to work closely with OpenAI products like ChatGPT. By Cade Metz Reporting from San Francisco OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled a free web browser that is designed ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft Outlook stops displaying inline SVG images used in attacks

Microsoft says Outlook for Web and the new Outlook for Windows will no longer display risky inline SVG images that are being used in attacks. This change began rolling out worldwide in early September ...