Half the Internet is no longer human. Does your fraud stack know which half it is talking

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For most of the past decade, the playbook for automated traffic was simple: detect the bot, block the bot. That logic is about to break. According to figures cited by Socure, daily requests from AI agents grew by more than 1,700% over the year to September 2026, and for the first time more than half of internet traffic was not human. At the same time, Accenture’s 2026 Consumer Pulse report found that 85% of consumers are open to collaborating with an AI agent, and 74% are open to letting one execute specific tasks on their behalf.

Taken together, those numbers describe a quiet but profound change in who, or what, is knocking on the front door. The agent that tries to book a flight, open an account or dispute a charge may well be acting for a legitimate, valuable customer. It may also be acting for a fraudster. Most organisations...

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