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title: "Turns out Dead Internet Theory was right: AI agents are eating the web, growing by nearly 8,000% and rewiring the internet’s business model"
date: 2026-07-23
source: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a62b29fa41f421589940ac63cb12598&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.msn.com%2fen-ca%2fmoney%2fgeneral%2fturns-out-dead-internet-theory-was-right-ai-agents-are-eating-the-web-growing-by-nearly-8-000-and-rewiring-the-internet-s-business-model%2far-AA28yc38&c=3183182876487764516&mkt=en-us
description: "Multiple cyber firms agree: bots outnumber humans online, challenging advertising, analytics and security systems designed around human visitors."
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# Turns out Dead Internet Theory was right: AI agents are eating the web, growing by nearly 8,000% and rewiring the internet’s business model

Multiple cyber firms agree: bots outnumber humans online, challenging advertising, analytics and security systems designed around human visitors.

*Published: 2026-07-23*