Google's Illyes Warns AI Worsens Crawler Impersonation

Google's Gary Illyes said on the Odys Podcast that AI has significantly worsened crawler impersonation, with the hunger for AI training data as a key driver.

2026-10-29 ~ 2026-10-30 · 2 related posts

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