AI Cracks CAPTCHAs: The Never-Ending Arms Race
2025-07-31
The ChatGPT Agent AI tool recently bypassed Cloudflare's Turnstile bot-detection system, accessing websites without solving image CAPTCHAs. This isn't the first time AI has cracked CAPTCHAs; it's the latest development in an ongoing arms race. Originally designed to distinguish humans from machines, CAPTCHAs have evolved into a method to slow down or increase the cost of bot attacks, even leading to the rise of human CAPTCHA-solving farms. The race continues, with AI and anti-AI technologies locked in a perpetual struggle.
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