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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.

AI’s legal frontier: What Europe’s privacy regulators say about scraping personal data
Web data collection legality

AI’s legal frontier: What Europe’s privacy regulators say about scraping personal data

Explore how EU privacy regulators view AI web scraping, lawful bases like legitimate interest, risks of collecting personal data, and compliance best practices.

Victoria Vlahoyiannis5 min read
Zyte leads the pack in Proxyway’s 2025 Web Scraping API Report
Web scraping APIs

Zyte leads the pack in Proxyway’s 2025 Web Scraping API Report

Proxyway’s 2025 Web Scraping API Report ranks Zyte #1 for unblocking success, speed, cost efficiency, and AI-powered data extraction. See the full breakdown.

Robert Andrews10 min read
Zyte Blog — field notes from the world of data extraction
How To

The Modern Web Scraping Method You NEED to Know

Learn how to scrape data in json format from a websites API

John Rooney11 min read
AI and the web: What 2025 changed and what comes next
Anti-ban

Beyond the block: The front line of data access

A deep dive into the evolving battle for web data access—featuring insights from Castle, Scrapoxy, and Zyte at Extract Summit 2025. Learn how AI, anti-bots, economics, and authentication standards like Web Bot Auth are transforming scraping, security, and the future of the open internet.

Robert Andrews10 min read
How to build a daily industry news digest
Web data collection

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.

Robert Andrews5 min read
AI and the web: What 2025 changed and what comes next
Web data collection

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.

Domagoj Marić10 min read
Gemini 3.0 Pro is the new best model for writing scrapers
AI-assisted data extraction

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.

Konstantin Lopukhin10 min read
AI and the web: What 2025 changed and what comes next
AI-assisted data extraction

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.

Iván Sánchez10 min read
AI’s legal frontier: What Europe’s privacy regulators say about scraping personal data
Web data collection legality

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.

Sanaea Daruwalla10 min read
AI’s legal frontier: What Europe’s privacy regulators say about scraping personal data
Anti-ban

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%.

Mitch Holt10 min read
Unblockers vs Zyte API: What’s the Real Cost of Bans?
Anti-ban

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.

Mitch Holt10 min read
AI and the web: What 2025 changed and what comes next
Web data collection

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.

Iain Lennon10 min read