Introducing AI traffic analysis dashboards for AWS WAF

This article announces AI Traffic Analysis dashboards for AWS WAF, providing visibility into AI bot and agent activity that now represents 30-60% of web traffic.

• AWS WAF Bot Control now tracks over 650 unique bots and agents
• Dashboard shows bot identification, verification status, and owning organizations
• Intent classification categorizes bot behavior: search indexing, research, training data gathering
• Access pattern analysis identifies most frequently targeted URLs and endpoints
• Temporal trends track AI bot activity patterns over 14-day historical window
• Organization breakdown segments traffic volume by bot owner
• GetTopPathStatisticsByTraffic API enables programmatic access to AI traffic data
• CloudWatch metrics integration allows custom dashboards and automated alerting
• Available at no additional cost for AWS WAF customers; included in flat-rate pricing plans

This feature helps organizations understand AI bot traffic, optimize infrastructure costs, implement tiered access strategies, and potentially monetize AI traffic through content access policies.