Big Technology Podcast · Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince revealed that AI bots have surpassed human traffic on the internet, a milestone that occurred earlier than anticipated. He expressed concern over the potential strain on internet infrastructure and the changing dynamics for publishers and businesses.
“Well, on the web, AI bots now outnumber humans.”
“So we have more AI traffic than human traffic and that's obviously changing the dynamics and the incentives for news publishers, information publishers, and of course small businesses. So what is going to happen to the web?”
“in May of of 2026, you won't believe it, but we now see that automated traffic has passed human traffic online for the first time in the history of the internet.”