Apple Vision Pro and Taylor Swift have one thing in common — bots

No one was surprised that the Apple Vision Pro sold out nearly immediately. However, it’s worth taking a look at what was behind the purchases.

Kasada, a bot mitigation company, discovered that scalpers used bots to successfully order thousands of Apple Vision Pro headsets, in much the same way that concert tickets are snatched up before fans can buy them at face value. Most notably, in the case of the Apple Vision Pro, they seemed interested in the base 256GB model.

The company monitored betting communities, noting that many seemed interested in the Apple Vision Pro as a big scalping opportunity. Bot developers updated existing bots and created new ones designed specifically to buy the Apple Vision Pro.

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