We are now at the point where plausibly some bots could be at the behest of an AI agent controlled by a human. This is not likely to distort the basic numbers

We are now at the point where plausibly some bots could be at the behest of an AI agent controlled by a human. This is not likely to distort the basic numbers in your story, but it makes the premise questionable If your script can correctly segregate bot traffic from human traffic, and website operators can conclude that bot traffic does not make purchases, then what -- you still don't want to blackhole that traffic right ?