AI-agent research is now triggering Google Scholar CAPTCHA checks
xuanalogue · x · 2026-07-21
The poster jokes that AI agents have made life worse in one very specific way: Google Scholar now keeps serving CAPTCHA checks because they search too much.
They note that many of those searches are about AI agents themselves, turning the research tool into an accidental obstacle course.
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