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  1. Major tech companies including Meta, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI are pouring billions into competing AI models, alongside the launch of a crowdsourced map of AI data centers.
  2. Meta leads AI crawling, surpassing Google and OpenAI combined, driving massive real-time traffic volumes that impact infrastructure.

AI Bot Traffic Overwhelms Website Using ClojureScript

1 report, 1 independent Updated Mon 00:00
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What happened

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A website built using ClojureScript was flooded with traffic from AI bots on October 12, 2026. The traffic surge occurred after the site owner posted a customizable feed reader to Hacker News. The incident highlights the increasing volume of AI bot activity online.

From sammystraus.com

Why it matters

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The incident reflects a broader trend where major tech companies are investing billions into competing AI models. This massive adoption of AI is driving real-time traffic volumes that strain digital infrastructure.

Meta is leading AI crawling, surpassing the combined traffic of Google and OpenAI, which is driving massive real-time traffic volumes that impact infrastructure.

From sammystraus.com

Who's involved

  • OpenAIDeveloper of large language models that generate AI bot traffic
  • ClojureScriptTechnology used to build the website that was overwhelmed by bot traffic

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