CAPTCHAs have failed for 20 years

# Summary CAPTCHAs have consistently failed to stop machines for over 20 years, with each new generation of challenges—from distorted text to image grids—eventually being defeated by advancing computer vision and automation technology. Rather than continuing this arms race, companies like Browserbase are shifting the security approach from testing what a browser can do to verifying who is using it, employing agent identity verification to prevent bots from even encountering CAPTCHAs in the first place.