What is AI bot protection ?

It's tech that IDs, classifies, and tames AI-generated traffic—good crawlers get greenlight, bad ones blocked based on behavior and intent.

How do I protect my apps from AI bots?

Layer detection (behavior, TLS, scripts), apply policies (allow/block/throttle), monitor via dashboards like Imperva's ABP. Start with API gateways.

Will AI bots replace human traffic?

Not fully— they'll hit 50%+ by 2026, but managed right, they boost, not break, your site.

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32% of Web Traffic Is Already Bad Bots—AI's About to Explode That

Imperva's 2025 Bad Bot Report drops a bomb: bad bots hit 32% of all internet traffic last year. With AI supercharging automation, here's why your app security can't ignore this anymore.

CVE Watch Apr 11, 2026 4 min read

Visualization of AI bots flooding web traffic streams amid human users

⚡ Key Takeaways

Bad bots now 32% of web traffic, set to surge with AI. 𝕏
Traditional detection fails; need AI-aware classification and policies. 𝕏
Risks include analytics skew, inventory loss, API abuse—Imperva ABP offers granular fix. 𝕏

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