arXiv:2606. 19116v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The World Wide Web was built on an assumption held for three decades: the primary consumer of web content is a human being.
By Eranga Bandara, Ross Gore, Ravi Mukkamala, Asanga Gunaratna, Safdar H. Bouk, Xueping Liang, Peter Foytik, Abdul Rahman, Sachini Rajapakse, Isurunima Kularathna, Pramoda Karunarathna, Chalani Rajapakse, Ng Wee Keong, Kasun De Zoysa, Tharaka Hewa, Amin Hass, Wathsala Herath, Aruna Withanage, Nilaan Loganathan, Atmaram Yarlagadda, Sachin Shetty
The paper introduces a method to detect which web scrapers feed data to large language models (LLMs) by deploying dynamic websites that issue unique canary tokens to each scraper. By querying LLMs for information about these sites, the authors can identify when an LLM consistently outputs the unique tokens, indicating exposure to a specific scraper. Experiments on 22 production LLM systems show the technique reliably uncovers both known and undisclosed scrapers, offering a tool for third parties to monitor and control unwanted web scraping.
By Steven Seiden, Triss Ren, Caroline Zhang, Taein Kim, Enze Liu, Emily Wenger
arXiv:2606. 14027v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Agentic browsers integrate autonomous AI agents into web browsers, enabling users to accomplish web tasks through natural-language instructions.
By Xilong Wang, Xiaoxing Chen, Patrick Li, Dawn Song, Neil Gong
The World Wide Web was built on an assumption held for three decades: the primary consumer of web content is a human being. This permeates every layer; its access model presumes human visitors, its economics rest on human attention, and its content targets human perception.
arXiv:2606. 22916v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: AI agents increasingly act through external tools: they read private data, construct structured payloads, submit write requests, export records, and coordinate workflows across application boundaries.
By Genliang Zhu, Chu Wang
arXiv:2607. 08147v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Autonomous web agents promise to automate everyday browsing tasks, but inherit one of the web's oldest attack surfaces.
By Corban Villa, Alp Eren Ozdarendeli, Sijun Tan, Raluca Ada Popa