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:2607. 22953v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Modern AI systems bring societal risks such as mass surveillance, extreme concentrations of power, and loss of user autonomy---calling into question a model where third-parties collect and control massive amounts of user data.
By Sourena Khanzadeh, Daniel Platnick, Marjan Alirezaie, Hossein Rahnama
An LLM-based agent is a loop that reads itself. Agentic frameworks externalize identity, memory, and disposition into editable files.
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
arXiv:2606. 30801v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Personalization algorithms determine what content users encounter on online platforms.
By Alessandro Morosini, Sarah H. Cen, Andrew Ilyas, Hedi Driss, Aleksander M\k{a}dry, Chara Podimata