From Rorschach tests to trigonometry, this 48-level gauntlet is the most infuriating test of your humanity yet. Can you ...

CAPTCHAs are those now ubiquitous challenges you encounter to prove that you’re a human and not a bot when you go to log in to many websites. As a computer scientist, I see CAPTCHAs as an effective ...

Bots account for nearly half of global internet traffic, increasing the need for online security. Whether browsing on an ...

XI'AN -- A new study suggested that text-based CAPTCHAs, one of the most widely used website security mechanisms, are no longer safe when facing smarter artificial intelligence. Text-based CAPTCHA ...

Over the weekend, a user on X showcased how he was able to trick Bing Chat into quoting a CAPTCHA. Chatbots like Bing Chat and ChatGPT are "restricted" from achieving such tasks, but the user found a ...

Modern captchas are effective at keeping bots and algorithms from accessing Web sites made for humans. They also generate collateral damage and keep up to 25 percent of humans out, too, according to ...

A new study suggested that text-based CAPTCHAs, one of the most widely used website security mechanisms, are no longer safe when facing smarter artificial intelligence. Text-based CAPTCHA uses a ...

Just about any time you sign up for an online account, you have to prove that you're a human by reading and entering some messed-up text that supposedly couldn't be decoded by a computer. Why? Well, ...