AI Can Pass Old-School Captchas 100% Of The Time, Say Researchers
readwrite, Monday, September 30th, 2024
New research has found that AI can be successfully trained to pass CAPTCHA tests flawlessly. They say previously it could only beat it 68 to 71 percent of the time.
If you use the internet in any sort of capacity, you're probably familiar with CAPTCHAs. They appear on the login pages of many sites, asking users to verify that they are 'not a robot'.
The most well-known version is Google's reCAPTCHAv2. Users are asked to verify their humanity by selecting the images that match the prompt, like clicking all the bicycles.
Google also launched reCAPTCHAv3 in 2018. This version does not require a specific task like v2 but determines humanity based on past interactions on the device. Nowadays v2 is mainly used as a backup.