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Dead internet theory becomes measurable fact as AI agents flood the web

Bots now outnumber humans on the internet for the first time in the web’s history. Cloudflare, the security firm that sits in front of millions of websites, says automated traffic crossed the 50 percent threshold in June and now accounts for nearly 58 percent of all webpage requests. A separate report from cybersecurity firm HUMAN […] This story continues at The Next Web

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Published: 24 July 2026
Source: The Next Web AI
Category: News
Topics: Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 25 July 2026

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ethics.ai (24 July 2026), “Dead internet theory becomes measurable fact as AI agents flood the web,” evidence record 13284, https://ethics.ai/record/13284 (originally published by The Next Web AI).

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