In the space between, there are “gray bots”, which Baraccuda explains are GenAI scraper bots designed to extract serious amounts of data from websites, most likely in order to train AI models ...

The China-based parent company of video app TikTok released its own web crawler or scraper bot, dubbed Bytespider, sometime in April, according to research from Kasada, a company that specializes ...

Companies deploy scraper bots to snoop on rivals' websites. The targets try to sniff out and block the bots, setting off an escalating arms race.

After loading the URL, the scraper bot extracts all the data or specific sections, depending on your instructions.

Also noteworthy are the sniper bot and the scraper bot. The most common example of sniper bot utilization is last-second bidding on auction items on sites like eBay. Scraper bots automate the ...

The crawler, named the Meta External Agent, was launched last month according to three firms that track web scrapers and bots across the web. The automated bot essentially copies, or "scrapes ...

The Clubhouse "data leak" has the hallmarks of a scraper bot downloading public information, appears to not be a hack.

For example, an eCommerce site might let a price scraper bot through for a partner, but block it for a competitor who is simply trying to get the information to match or beat their prices.

An operator of a scraper bot can also simply choose to ignore robots.txt – it is not enforceable or legally binding in any way.