Ask HN: Do you know of a AI company that's using user's clients to request stuff

Hey all,

I am using a small web hosting provider, and since two days ago they get spam from a wide variety of sources, limiting their ability to operate smoothly.

They suspect that some AI company is calling their services for on-demand AI requests, but they don't know for sure.

Does anyone here know anything about a AI company that would be using their user's clients to performs searches on the Internet rather than doing it server-side?