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It successfully got through the captcha at https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo

siva7 1y ago
probably because its ip is coming from googles own subnet
- asadm 1y ago
  isnt it coming from browserbase container?
  - ripbozo 1y ago
    Interestingly the IP I got when prompting `what is my IP` was `73.120.125.54` - which is a residential comcast IP.
    - martinald 1y ago
      Looks like browserbase has proxies, which will be often residential IPs.
jampa 1y ago
The automation is powered through Browserbase, which has a captcha solver. (Whether it is automated or human, I don't know.)
- peytoncasper 1y ago
  We do not use click farms! You should check out our most recent announcement about Web Bot Auth https://www.browserbase.com/blog/cloudflare-browserbase-pioneering-identity https://www.browserbase.com/blog/cloudflare-browserbase-pion...
simonw 1y ago
Post edited: I was wrong about this. Gemini tried to solve the Google CAPTCHA but it was actually Browserbase that did the solve, notes here: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/gemini-25-computer-use-captchas/ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/gemini-25-computer-use-...
- pants2 1y ago
  Interesting that they're allowing Gemini to solve CAPTCHAs because OpenAI's agent detects and forces user-input for CAPTCHAs despite being fully able to solve them
  - throwaway-0001 1y ago
    Just a matter of time until they lose customer base to other AI tools. Why would I waste my time when the AI is capable to do, and forces me to do unnecessary work. Same as Claude, can’t even draft an email in gmail, too afraid to type…
  - peytoncasper 1y ago
    You should check out our most recent announcement about Web Bot Auth https://www.browserbase.com/blog/cloudflare-browserbase-pioneering-identity https://www.browserbase.com/blog/cloudflare-browserbase-pion...
- dhon_ 1y ago
  I was concerned there might be sensitive info leaked in the browserbase video at 0:58 as it shows a string of characters in the browser history: nricy.jd t.fxrape oruy,ap. majro 3 groups of 8 characters, space separated followed by 5 for a total of 32 characters. Seemed like text from a password generator or maybe an API key? Maybe accidentally pasted into the URL bar at one point and preserved in browser history? I asked ChatGPT about it and it revealed Not a password or key — it’s a garbled search query typed with the wrong keyboard layout. If you map the text from Dvorak → QWERTY, nricy.jd t.fxrape oruy,ap. majro → “logitech keyboard software macos”.
  - 1y ago
jrmann100 1y ago
Impressively, it also quickly passed levels 1 (checkbox) and 2 (stop sign) on http://neal.fun/not-a-robot http://neal.fun/not-a-robot, and got most of the way through level 3 (wiggly text).
subarctic 1y ago
Now we just need something to solve captchas for us when we're browsing normally
- lavezzi 1y ago
  https://2captcha.com/captcha-bypass-extension https://2captcha.com/captcha-bypass-extension

siva7 1y ago

probably because its ip is coming from googles own subnet

asadm 1y ago
isnt it coming from browserbase container?
- ripbozo 1y ago
  Interestingly the IP I got when prompting `what is my IP` was `73.120.125.54` - which is a residential comcast IP.
  - martinald 1y ago
    Looks like browserbase has proxies, which will be often residential IPs.

jampa 1y ago

The automation is powered through Browserbase, which has a captcha solver. (Whether it is automated or human, I don't know.)

peytoncasper 1y ago
We do not use click farms! You should check out our most recent announcement about Web Bot Auth https://www.browserbase.com/blog/cloudflare-browserbase-pioneering-identity https://www.browserbase.com/blog/cloudflare-browserbase-pion...

simonw 1y ago

Post edited: I was wrong about this. Gemini tried to solve the Google CAPTCHA but it was actually Browserbase that did the solve, notes here: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/gemini-25-computer-use-captchas/ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/gemini-25-computer-use-...

pants2 1y ago
Interesting that they're allowing Gemini to solve CAPTCHAs because OpenAI's agent detects and forces user-input for CAPTCHAs despite being fully able to solve them
- throwaway-0001 1y ago
  Just a matter of time until they lose customer base to other AI tools. Why would I waste my time when the AI is capable to do, and forces me to do unnecessary work. Same as Claude, can’t even draft an email in gmail, too afraid to type…
- peytoncasper 1y ago
  You should check out our most recent announcement about Web Bot Auth https://www.browserbase.com/blog/cloudflare-browserbase-pioneering-identity https://www.browserbase.com/blog/cloudflare-browserbase-pion...
dhon_ 1y ago
I was concerned there might be sensitive info leaked in the browserbase video at 0:58 as it shows a string of characters in the browser history: nricy.jd t.fxrape oruy,ap. majro 3 groups of 8 characters, space separated followed by 5 for a total of 32 characters. Seemed like text from a password generator or maybe an API key? Maybe accidentally pasted into the URL bar at one point and preserved in browser history? I asked ChatGPT about it and it revealed Not a password or key — it’s a garbled search query typed with the wrong keyboard layout. If you map the text from Dvorak → QWERTY, nricy.jd t.fxrape oruy,ap. majro → “logitech keyboard software macos”.
- 1y ago

jrmann100 1y ago

Impressively, it also quickly passed levels 1 (checkbox) and 2 (stop sign) on http://neal.fun/not-a-robot http://neal.fun/not-a-robot, and got most of the way through level 3 (wiggly text).

subarctic 1y ago

Now we just need something to solve captchas for us when we're browsing normally

lavezzi 1y ago
https://2captcha.com/captcha-bypass-extension https://2captcha.com/captcha-bypass-extension