Lumen CEO says AI bots are taking over the Internet
Source: The Star
Published on: 2026-04-15 05:43
Over half of the planet's internet traffic is now made up of AI bots, according to Kate Johnson, chief executive officer of enterprise network giant Lumen Technologies Inc, forcing executives across sectors to rethink how their companies handle everything from customer-service requests to hidden network threats. On Monday, Johnson penned an open letter to fellow company heads, warning that they must prepare for the seismic shift in AI-driven traffic patterns at volumes and speeds that are harder to predict. "The intensity of, and pace and the volume of data is proliferating quite rapidly," she said in an interview. "More than 50% of the traffic on the internet today is created by autonomous workers. That's remarkable because as most CEOs would tell you, we are just beginning our AI journey. So if it already comprises 50%, imagine what it's going to look like in a year, three years, fiv...
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