{
  "id": 15266469,
  "title": "We fetched 104 AI-built sites the way GPTBot does. 61% were empty.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/we-fetched-104-ai-built-sites-the-way-gptbot-does-61-were-empty",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-17T20:01:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/georgi_kalchev_85d01f7368/we-fetched-104-ai-built-sites-the-way-gptbot-does-61-were-empty-2om0"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "On 20 September 2026 we fetched 120 sites made with AI app builders the way AI crawlers do: plain HTTP, no JavaScript. 61% of the live ones were empty. The data, the control group and the fixes. On 20 September 2026 we fetched 120 websites built with AI app builders the way GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot fetch a page: one plain HTTP request, no browser, no JavaScript. 104 of them answered.…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}