Definition
Internet traffic generated by autonomous AI agents and automation frameworks rather than interactive human browsers.
Key Points
- cloudflare reported bots surpassing human traffic mid-2026, citing agentic growth (industry context, not Spur claim)
- 2026-10: Major retailers/banks block consumer agents (Amazon/Muse, Delta, JPMorgan, Schwab) while Meta/Shopify pursue agent commerce — bot-mitigation vs agentic-commerce split (2026-10-17-websites-closing-doors-ai-agents)
- Creates demand for infrastructure-layer bot-detection and ip-intelligence