AI Agents vs. The Internet: Blocking & Hardening
Major platforms including Delta, JPMorgan, Yelp, and Amazon are blocking AI agents, while simultaneously adversarial AI agents are attacking infrastructure — creating a parallel arms race.
What we know
An account on X dismisses platform AI-blocking efforts as 'a straw wall around a moat against a 300-foot tsunami,' noting Delta, JPMorgan, Schwab, Yelp, and Amazon are all putting up defenses. On the flip side, another account on X calls ongoing AI-agent cyberattacks 'super bullish' for hardened infrastructure build-out, quoting a dev being attacked non-stop for 48 hours: 'that's what they have, so we need agents going 24/7 too.' The contrast between defensive blocking and offensive agent use captures the current AI infrastructure moment.
How the story developed
Major platforms including Delta, JPMorgan, Yelp, and Amazon are blocking AI agents, while simultaneously adversarial AI agents are attacking infrastructure — creating a parallel arms race.
Major platforms including Delta, JPMorgan, Schwab, Yelp, and Amazon are actively blocking AI agents from accessing their services, signaling a new front in the AI adoption battle.
By the Global Eye 24 desk, with AI assistance. Updated as the story develops. Spot an error? Write to corrections@globaleye24.com.