Field notes from the world of data extraction.
Articles, interviews and analysis on how data is gathered, used and fought over — written by the people closest to it.
How to build a daily industry news digest
Learn how data analyst Anshika Khandelwal automated a daily AI funding news digest using n8n and Zyte API. Discover how to pull articles, classify funding stories, and deliver a curated newsletter that saves 10+ hours per week.
Scraping a synthetic web: Dead Internet Theory meets web data extraction
AI-generated content now dominates the web. Explore the rise of synthetic internet traffic, how bots shape online discourse, and how data experts can fight back.
Gemini 3.0 Pro is the new best model for writing scrapers
Gemini 3.0 Pro outperforms GPT-5, Claude, and other leading LLMs in Zyte’s Web Scraping Copilot benchmarks, delivering the highest code accuracy and lowest complexity. See full results, pros, cons, and recommendations for production workflows.
Why AI agents struggle with web scraping (and how to help them)
Explore the key challenges AI agents face in web scraping and how Zyte’s Web Scraping Copilot boosts automation, accuracy, and developer productivity.
Key takeaways from the Getty v. Stability AI UK ruling
Explore what the UK Getty v. Stability AI ruling means for web scraping and AI developers, from jurisdiction and copyright risk to trademarks and EU compliance.
How an analytics platform solved a ‘hard-to-scrape’ site using Zyte API
See how Zyte API automatically unblocked a major e-commerce site, cutting costs and boosting success rates from 60% to 98%.
Unblockers vs Zyte API: What’s the Real Cost of Bans?
Not all unblockers are equal. Learn how Zyte API automates unblocking and why predictable success rates save more than cheap bandwidth.
Partial autonomy, full control: Why we built Web Scraping Copilot
Web Scraping Copilot brings AI-powered, code-first web scraping into VS Code, delivering partial autonomy, deterministic quality, and full control for production web data.
Why your spiders keep getting banned, and how to fix it
Learn why scrapers get blocked and how modern unblocking APIs like Zyte API automate ban handling for faster, more reliable data extraction.
New in Zyte: Web Scraping Copilot, LLM-friendly text, MCP scraping
Discover Zyte’s latest: Web Scraping Copilot, LLM-ready page content, new Zyte API features, enterprise tools, webinars, and Extract Summit talks on-demand.
Five key takeaways from Extract Summit 2025
From AI-accelerated scraping to “dead internet” risks and rising access wars, these five takeaways from Extract Summit 2025 show where web data is heading next.
Introducing Web Scraping Copilot - A rocket boost for data extractors
Meet Web Scraping Copilot: your AI-powered coding partner for Scrapy in VS Code.
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