THE internet is quite popular. The best estimates suggest that by the end of 2019, some 4.1 billion people were online – over half the world’s population. That is hardly news. What’s more surprising, perhaps, is that human users are almost outnumbered by non-human ones. Governed by coded instructions, these bots creep around in the background, largely out of sight, browsing websites, clicking links, downloading content and typing text. What are they up to?

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