The evolving roles of AI bots and scrapers in fraud and abuse are highlighted in the report, emphasizing their impact across various regions and industries.
- The commerce industry experienced the most significant volume of AI bot activity, with more than 25 billion bot requests observed from July through August 2025.
- Extensive content scraping is likely the reason 63% of AI bot triggers were attributed to the publishing segment within the broader other digital media industry.
- In the healthcare industry, more than 90% of AI bot triggers were associated with scraping, primarily from search and training bots.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
AI bots extensively scrape content, which heavily impacts the publishing industry by causing traffic and ad revenue to plummet.
Best practices include adopting a risk-based bot management approach, monitoring and responding to AI scraper activity, deploying AI-specific security controls, using security guidelines and frameworks, and implementing a comprehensive API security strategy.
We recommend a tiered risk assessment that distinguishes between high-risk AI (customer decisions, open chatbots), medium-risk AI (security and threat detection), and low-risk uses (content creation, marketing) to apply proportional governance.