Google's Astra Agent Allegedly Crushes Existing CAPTCHAs, Sparking Rethink of Bot Checks
eyishazyer · x · 2026-09-07
eyishazyer observes that Google's Astra agent appears to 'crush existing CAPTCHAs,' calling for Astra-compatible versions of 'I am not a robot' checks. The post highlights a growing problem: as multimodal agents breeze through human-facing bot verification, current human-vs-bot boundaries may need a fundamental redesign.
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