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Record	Kind	As stated	Dated
Digital Trends received 4.1 million AI bot scrapes in one week and about 4,200 human visitors referred by AI chatbots, and had not activated TollBit's paywall to charge for the scrapes.	Supply fact	4.1 million bot scrapes a week	3 Mar 2026
Text that is free on a site is already being fetched, so buyers pay for rights and delivery, not access	Negotiation lever	TollBit measured that 30 percent of AI bot scrapes in the last quarter of 2025 bypassed…	3 Mar 2026

Digital Trends received 4.1 million AI bot scrapes in one week and about 4,200 human visitors referred by AI chatbots, and had not activated TollBit's paywall to charge for the scrapes.
Kind
Supply fact
As stated
4.1 million bot scrapes a week
Dated
3 Mar 2026
Text that is free on a site is already being fetched, so buyers pay for rights and delivery, not access
Kind
Negotiation lever
As stated
TollBit measured that 30 percent of AI bot scrapes in the last quarter of 2025 bypassed…
Dated
3 Mar 2026