AI researchers caution that political leaders may soon use AI bot swarms on social media to manipulate public opinion, potentially destabilizing democracy.

A new study of Ohio’s 2022 elections argues that social media bots were able to influence what candidates were talking about.

Greedy bots have launched an RBF transaction war over Bitcoin sent to a compromised wallet, according to a post from X.

More than half of all internet traffic is now made up of bots, according to a new report. Analysis by cyber security firm Imperva revealed that automated and AI-powered bots accounted for 51 per cent ...

Cong Lu has long been fascinated by how to use technology to make his job as a research scientist more efficient. But his latest project takes the idea to an extreme. Lu, who is a postdoctoral ...

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Laundry-listing facts rarely changes hearts and minds – unless a bot is doing the persuading. Briefly chatting with an AI moved potential voters in three countries toward their less preferred ...

Investors have been spooked by the arrival of DeepSeek's chatbot, sparking a rout in high-flying tech titans - Copyright AFP GREG BAKER Investors have been spooked by ...

Hi, Liz! :) How are you feeling?” an incoming text pings. I click on a pre-generated answer. “Okay, I guess. . .” I’m in the home stretch of a long work trip, and I’ve been stressing about spending ...