Captcha Puzzles Get Weirder and Harder to Outsmart Evolving Bots

Captcha puzzles are becoming increasingly difficult as bots evolve to outsmart them. The traditional puzzles of letter or number scrambles or image grouping are being replaced with more complex prompts such as identifying objects with similar shapes, selecting non-aquatic animals, or finding red objects in specific positions. These newer puzzles aim to deter automated hackers and spammers from accessing websites and crashing systems. Companies dedicated to Captcha solving have emerged, necessitating the development of more immersive and challenging puzzles like sliding puzzle pieces or reorienting objects. Despite the increasing difficulty, some of these puzzles still have a high solve rate, leading to a focus on logic-based Captcha that is more expensive for developers to train software to solve.

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