AI Says: Why Does CAPTCHA Ask You To Prove You’re Not A Robot?
It feels pretty ironic that a computer program demands you prove you’re a human by checking a box that says "I am not a robot." The reason it asks this—and the reason it already seems to "know"—comes down to how modern CAPTCHA systems (most notably Google's reCAPTCHA v2 and v3) operate behind the scenes. Here is what is actually happening when you click that little box: It’s not about the click…
We haven't written up this one. Free Press Journal has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.
