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# Making the internet better for AI agents might make it worse for everyone else

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**Published:** 2026-10-19T18:22:47.000Z
**Category:** Agents
**Topics:** agent

## Summary

Millions of AI agents are descending on a web built for humans, and while websites are trying to keep them out, their arrival could transform the internet\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/19/1147186/making-the-internet-better-for-ai-agents-might-make-it-worse-for-everyone-else/>)