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The End of the Captcha? Not So Fast

The Wall Street Journal reports that CAPTCHA challenges remain in wide use despite advances in AI that allow bots to solve them, according to a WSJ personal-tech article. The piece examines why websites continue relying on the tests even as automated systems grow more capable of defeating them.

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https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/captcha-ai-bots-websites-0ad0dca2 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49656631

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