Internet bots, also known as web robots, WWW robots or simply bots, are software applications that run automated tasks over the Internet. Typically, bots perform tasks that are both simple and structurally repetitive, at a much higher rate than would be possible for a human alone. The largest use of bots is in web spidering, in which an automated script fetches, analyzes and files information from web servers.
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Chatbot shut down after saying it 'really hates lesbians' and using racist slurs
A South Korean Facebook chatbot has been shut down after spewing hate speech about Black, lesbian, disabled, and trans people. ...
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Trading bots: Is it game over for human financial analysts?
It’s often said that a trader’s worst enemy is himself. Behavioral biases tend to throw otherwise rational trading strategies ...
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Can the law stop internet bots from undressing you?
Imagine that you upload a photograph of yourself on holiday to your favorite social media platform. You are dressed in a ...
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QAnon conspiracy bots are taking over Twitter
Americans who seek political insight and information on Twitter should know how much of what they are seeing is the result ...
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Test your Python skills with these 10 projects
Did you know Python is known as an all-rounder programming language? Yes, it is, though it shouldn’t be used on every ...
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Meet the designer that made a chatbot to flag workplace racism
I recently made a chatbot for recruiters to interact with my portfolio, which garnered some attention on Twitter: You ...
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Instagram wants suspected bot accounts to provide government IDs
Instagram is planning to boot out suspicious accounts, including bots, by verification through government IDs. The company's ...
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Twitter says this new app for copying others' timelines violates its rules — but it may live on
If you've ever wanted to know what someone else's Twitter timeline is like, you'd have to replicate their 'following' list, ...
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Facebook built a powerful AI model to simulate entire social media networks in action
When it comes to live-fire high-wire acts in the tech industry, there can be few endeavors more daunting than executing a ...
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A step-by-step guide to building your first Telegram bot
Chatbots are often touted as a revolution in the way users interact with technology and businesses. They have a fairly simple ...
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A developer's guide to building a WhatsApp chatbot
Long ago, I built a web app for an enterprise (200k+ employees). Feedback on the web app prompted me to do an experiment. ...
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Poynter Institute is launching a WhatsApp bot to help debunk coronavirus myths
Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checkers Network (IFCN) is launching a bot on WhatsApp to curb fake information ...
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AI study of Twitter bots reveals boredom is what separates us from machines
Our horrible attention spans distinguish us from bots, according to University of Southern California study of human and ...
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Facebook tests security measures by cloning itself and setting bots free
In a parallel social network hidden from prying eyes, an army of Facebook bots is abusing the platform to find hidden security ...
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Machine language: The definitive guide to chatbot terminology
In the glory days of AOL Instant Messenger, back when screen names and away messages were serious literary pursuits, a mysterious ...
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It’s 2020 — so you may as well learn to pitch from a Twitter bot
@infconference generates ridiculous panel topics for a 'never-ending tech confrence' — but it can teach you more than you ...
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This algorithm could improve emergency responses by removing lies spread on Twitter
An algorithm that filters out misinformation spread on Twitter could help emergency services respond to natural disasters ...
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Scientists developed #MeTooBots to fight workplace sexual harassment — but we shouldn't rely on it
#MeTooBots flag cyberbullying and sexual harassment found in conversation between colleagues via online chat platforms and ...
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Facebook’s new chatbot teaches employees how to answer difficult questions about the company
Facebook’s public relations teams built an artificial intelligence bot to help its employees deflect criticism from relatives ...
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Facebook is testing facial detection tech to keep bots at bay (update)
In order to keep its social network free of malicious bots, Facebook keeps trying out new tactics.In its latest test, it's ...
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Why reCAPTCHA is actually an act of human torture
Like many things that start out as a mere annoyance, though eventually grow into somewhat of an affliction. One particular ...
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I’m scared shitless of my new robot colleague
The age of man has ended: my new colleague is a robot writer.
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4chan users pose as Jews to peddle anti-Semitic propaganda on Twitter
A group of 4chan users have taken to Twitter, impersonating Jews and promoting anti-Semitic conspiracy theories following ...
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This century-old oak tree is live-tweeting climate change
This summer has proven a punishing reminder that climate change isn’t a far-off scenario, but one that’s happening right ...
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Listen to this AI chat up a frustrated telemarketer for 15 minutes
Telemarketers are the bane of our existence. With the rise of robocalls and automated bots meant to call hundreds of numbers ...
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TRON’s Justin Sun confirms he’s a ‘big-mouthed over-marketer’ in Warren Buffett lunch apology
The founder of cryptocurrency platform TRON, Justin Sun, has issued a public apology after postponing the charity lunch with ...
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This bot smushes emoji together to create messed-up hybrids (that we love)
Every year, the Unicode Consortium, the organization which oversees emoji development, adds new emoji ranging from hand ...
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Shitposters are using sophisticated Bitcoin satellites to troll each other
Blockstream maintains a set of five satellites to help curtail Bitcoin's reliance on the internet, but shitposters are taking ...
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This AI-powered bot is learning how to tweet like Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin
Meet Vitalik Boterin, a new form of artificial intelligence that mimics Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin with alarming ...
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Twitter's cryptocurrency scam bots are back with a fresh new look
More cryptocurrency scam bots have been spotted in the wild (Twitter), but these look way better than previous incarnations ...
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We’re missing the ‘Skynet’ to complete our connected robot future
Throughout history, innovators have strived to create automata, or robots as we now know them, to augment labor intensive ...
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Researchers show how data science techniques can find Twitter 'amplification bots'
It's easier than you might think.
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Crypto trading bots are a thing these days – but can they actually earn you money?
Humans aren’t infallible when it comes to trading. It’s becoming quite popular these days for people to invest money ...
