Hacker News·3 min read·medium
TIME Is Serving AI Bots a Different Website, with Ads Built In
V
vincent_s
✦AI Summary
TIME magazine is serving different versions of its website based on the user-agent, providing a stripped-down markdown version to AI crawlers while showing full HTML to human browsers. This practice appears to be integrated with an ad-tech vendor to track and monetize AI bot traffic.
TIME is now serving two different versions of its website. Humans get the magazine. AI crawlers get a stripped down markdown copy with ads baked in that no person will ever see.
technologybusiness
✦
Get the full story
Sign up for Headlinne to unlock AI insights, political bias analysis, and your personalized news feed.
Create free accountAlready have an account? Sign in