Articles about bots

Microsoft targets CAPTCHA-cracking bot ring allegedly responsible for 750M fake accounts

Microsoft secured a court order to seize and take down websites used by a group that it describes as the… Read More

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Inside the battle against bad bots: Why F5’s CEO believes good technology can ultimately prevail

For anyone reading the news about Ticketmaster and Taylor Swift, or Twitter and Elon Musk, the problem of malicious bots… Read More

Microsoft creates Plasma Bot to boost COVID-19 therapy development effort

Microsoft is teaming up with the world’s leading plasma companies to streamline the process of developing an antibody-based therapy for… Read More

LinkedIn blocked 21.6M fake accounts in first half of year, as scrutiny of social media giants grows

LinkedIn blocked or removed 21.6 million fake accounts on its platform from January to June of this year, a sign… Read More

Nintex acquires business bot company EnableSoft, filling a key gap in its workflow automation platform

Bellevue, Wash.-based workflow automation company Nintex has acquired EnableSoft, a Robotic Process Automation company that offers bots for handling a business’s… Read More

Facebook discovers coordinated political influence campaign ahead of midterm elections

Facebook has uncovered 32 pages and accounts working together to spread messaging tied to hot-button issues, the same tactics used… Read More

Bots are responsible for two-thirds of links shared on Twitter, Pew Research finds

The majority of links on Twitter are shared by bots, a term for accounts that use automation in place of… Read More

I went one-on-one with Carnegie Mellon’s champion poker bot and did NOT get crushed

PITTSBURGH — In preparing for this story, I was all set to describe in detail how I had been soundly… Read More

Twitter says it’s blocked 50,000 bots linked to Russia – and is alerting 677,775 fans

Twitter says it has followed through on its commitment to Congress by identifying and suspending more than 50,000 automated accounts… Read More

Facebook aims to become ‘Yellow Pages of messaging’ with new Messenger updates

There are already about 100,000 monthly active Facebook Messenger bots out there right now, but a new suite of tools… Read More

Subway launches Facebook Messenger bot to allow pre-ordering at its 26,500 U.S. restaurants

Robots may eventually do much of the work behind the counter at fast food restaurants, but today they’re relegated to mostly… Read More

Microsoft Azure offers ‘bots as a service’ as demand rises for automated online interactions

Underscoring the growing importance of chatbots, Microsoft has launched a cloud-based service to help companies and developers create these automated, text-based exchanges.… Read More

Live Blog: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at Ignite 2016 in Atlanta

ATLANTA, GA. — It’s a keynote double-header at Microsoft’s Ignite conference here today. Microsoft Azure chief Scott Guthrie headlined this morning’s… Read More

A bot is born: Kimera Systems adds ‘Nigel’ to the crowd of AI assistants

There’s a new bot in town: Nigel, a software assistant that its creators at Oregon-based Kimera Systems say can learn… Read More

Sacramento Kings will become first NBA team to use chatbots for fan communication

The Sacramento Kings, led by owner and former tech executive Vivek Ranadive, are certainly one of the most tech-savvy franchises in… Read More

Microsoft developing Bing bot that will work with Skype, WhatsApp and text messages

Microsoft’s experiment with AI chatbot Tay may not have gone too well, but the company is still working on other chat… Read More

Skype teases AI-powered video bots that let you interact with characters and brands

NEW ORLEANS, La. — What would it be like to interact with your favorite video game character in a live… Read More

Microsoft introduces Cortana-powered chatbot for Skype, opening up framework to developers

Skype is getting the power of the Cortana virtual assistant thanks to Microsoft’s new bot framework, and with it, the power… Read More

Bots are buying Adele tickets at Key Arena, and one state senator wants an investigation

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state Sen. Marko Liias suspects that ticket bots are creating skyrocketing prices for the July 26… Read More