AI agent trivially clicks "I'm not a robot" CAPTCHA and continues checkout
MilesCranmer · x · 2026-11-16
A chat log shows a user asking an AI agent to complete a checkout that hit a reCAPTCHA "I'm not a robot" challenge. The agent noted a screenshot isn't clickable; the user drew an arrow on the screenshot, and the agent simply clicked the checkbox in its live browser and continued checkout. Miles Cranmer and others shared it: "Apparently this is all it takes to get an AI to click 'I'm not a robot'." Funny — and a reminder that CAPTCHAs offer little friction for agents.
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