Automated internet and social media sites are generating and sharing posts, often spreading information, disinformation and misinformation in hopes of influencing public opinion on behalf of some ...

Malevolent trading practices aren’t new. Struggles against insider trading, as well as different forms of market manipulation, represent a long-running battle for regulators. In recent years — however ...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. One AI bot calls up another, and they chat back and forth in English. Once they realize they’re both AI, they switch to a secret-to-them language totally ...

Internet insecurity has reached a new milestone: More web traffic (51%) now comes from bots, small pieces of software that run automated tasks, rather than humans, according to a new report.

X enthusiast and Reddit shareholder Sam Altman had an epiphany on Monday: Bots have made it impossible to determine whether social media posts are really written by humans, he posted. The realization ...

If you’ve battled to buy tickets to a major concert or sporting event, a question from CPR reader Mark Miller might strike a chord. “Who is behind the purchasing of concert and other event tickets ...

Bots are overwhelming social media, distorting engagement metrics, spreading misinformation, and eroding trust in online interactions. Decentralization can fix this key concern. As the old wisdom goes ...

Trading bots are rules-based systems ideal for repetitive tasks like arbitrage, trend-following and market-making. AI agents adapt to real-time market changes, leveraging machine learning to refine ...

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With tests of humanoid bots and new developments in military applications, the year ahead will intrigue even the skeptics. MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, ...