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Detecting AI agent use and abuse

The key question is: Can you detect AI agent traffic on your application today? We tested multiple AI agent toolkits across high-traffic consumer sites, and the results were clear—legacy detection techniques (CAPTCHAs, IP blocking, user-agent filtering) are largely ineffective. Here’s what we found.