CAPTCHA systems prevent scammers from creating millions of fake accounts, but they're a pain for us humans. Why do we bother, and what alternatives exist? When the IBM PC was new, I served as the ...

Bots account for nearly half of global internet traffic, increasing the need for online security. Whether browsing on an ...

Artificial intelligence inspired by the human brain has achieved a "hallmark of human intelligence" by cracking CAPTCHA tests designed to protect websites from bots, paving a path towards general ...

One of the most annoying Internet experiences is having to deal with CAPTCHA and decode distorted text on a website to prove you are not a robot. But now, Google says it can tell you’re human just by ...

(UPI) -- Artificial intelligence startup Vicarious announced Monday that its algorithms have cracked CAPTCHA -- those squiggly bits of text meant to identify humans online. CAPTCHA, or the “Completely ...

A new start-up aims to keep spammers out of websites - without forcing human beings to undergo CAPTCHA tests. Last month, We Live Security reported on an AI firm which showed off software which can ...

A new study suggested that text-based CAPTCHAs, one of the most widely used website security mechanisms, are no longer safe when facing smarter artificial intelligence. Text-based CAPTCHA uses a ...

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