If those bothersome CAPTCHA prompts online seem to be getting harder, it's because they are. As technology and malicious actors evolve, the need for more complex online barriers to entry is ...

What is the purpose of the ‘I’m not a robot’? How does the reCAPTCHA work? Why do some websites check if you are a robot? Why does Google keep checking I’m not a robot? Can AI solve CAPTCHA?

The goal of Captchas is to prove that you're a human by doing a task that (in theory) only a person can do. The simplest version of a Captcha is a box you check that says, "I am not a robot." The ...

I”m not sure how Google could exploit that information, but I can understand how — along with everything else Google knows about us — it could worry privacy advocates.

The robot easily does the Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA) at Ara Institute of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand.

I’m not sure how Google could exploit that information, but I can understand how — along with everything else Google knows about us — it could worry privacy advocates.

From a user perspective, the process couldn’t be easier. You just check a box that says “I’m not a robot.” It doesn’t just take your word for it. Using what Google calls “an Advanced ...