My therapy session with a chatbot
You can share your deepest fears with a robot. But should you?
On Jan 1, 2018 by Claire Downs
Facebook’s AI gets owned in Starcraft competition for bots
The social giant’s bot finished in sixth place.
On Oct 9, 2017 by Phillip Tracy
Bots play a crucial role in the spread of fake news, study finds
People are just as likely to spread news from a bot than any other human.
On Aug 14, 2017 by Phillip Tracy
ScribbleChat brings 3D handwriting to Facebook Messenger
It’s one of the first group messaging bots for Messenger.
On Apr 18, 2017 by Christina Bonnington
How an army of Twitter bots almost created a political pundit
This is how bots can dominate during presidential debates.
On Apr 9, 2017 by Aaron Sankin
Russia wants Twitter users to enlist in its propaganda bot army
‘Welcome to the world of digital diplomacy.’
On Mar 15, 2017 by David Gilmour
Twitter is home to nearly 48 million bots, according to report
All those retweets and favorites might not be coming from real people.
On Mar 11, 2017 by Josh Katzowitz
Meet Dom, the Facebook Messenger chatbot that will deliver pizza to you
It’s always a good time for pizza.
On Feb 3, 2017 by Phillip Tracy
After Quebec shooting, white nationalists, Twitter bots, and Fox News spread misinformation
Far-right commentators sided with Twitter bots claiming the Quebec shooter was a Muslim refugee.
On Jan 30, 2017 by Dell Cameron
Ice T has seen some s**t, and this Twitter bot is proof
It’s easily the best part of ‘Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.’
On Dec 28, 2016 by Jay Hathaway
*record scratch* This Twitter bot explains how we got here
A meme so good and simple, a bot can do it.
On Nov 15, 2016 by Jay Hathaway
IBM’s supercomputer reveals which celebrities tweet like angry robot trolls
I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.
On Oct 29, 2016 by Aaron Sankin
This Twitter bot tricks angry trolls into arguing with it for hours
Arguebot argues with online jerks so you don’t have to.
On Oct 7, 2016 by Jay Hathaway
Man asks rest of internet to tweet as him while he’s on vacation
What could go wrong?
On Sep 2, 2016 by Miles Klee
Why Facebook should kill Trending News once and for all
Facebook can’t replace editorial curation with algorithms—and it should stop trying.
On Sep 1, 2016 by Gillian Branstetter
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