Intelligent Machines How to tell if you’re arguing with a bot MIT Technology Review helps you figure out who is on the other side of your debate. by Sarah Cooper 2018-08-22T07:00:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence How to tell if you’re talking to a bot The five best ways to detect fake social-media accounts. by Will Knight 2018-07-18T10:06:00-04:00
Tech Policy The Man with a Plan to Upgrade the Democrats Raffi Krikorian, the CTO of the Democratic National Committee, is out to beat hackers—and the Republicans. by Martin Giles 2017-12-08T00:00:00-05:00
Artificial Intelligence Facebook’s Perfect, Impossible Chatbot Facebook is quietly trying to develop the most useful virtual assistant ever, in a project that illustrates the current limitations of artificial intelligence. by Tom Simonite 2017-04-14T00:00:00-04:00
Connectivity How Russian Hackers Stole $5 Million a Day from U.S. Advertisers Using clever bots to reinvent an old click fraud technique turned out to be lucrative. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-12-21T10:25:00-05:00
Business Impact How the Bot-y Politic Influenced This Election Nearly 20 percent of all election-related tweets come from an army of influential robots. by Nanette Byrnes 2016-11-08T13:10:00-05:00
Connectivity Messenger Bots Are Overhyped, Underpowered—and Growing like Crazy They may not be particularly useful yet, but they’re being created faster than apps were in their heyday. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-09-16T13:55:00-04:00
Connectivity Customer Service Bots Are Getting Better at Detecting Your Agitation A virtual assistant that can tell you’re frustrated can slow down and help you out. by Signe Brewster 2016-09-14T00:00:00-04:00
Connectivity 5 Things You Need to Know about Facebook’s Next 10 Years At Facebook’s annual developer conference this week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined audacious goals for the social network’s next decade. by Rachel Metz and Tom Simonite 2016-04-15T13:43:00-04:00
Connectivity Here Come the Marketing Bots For years, social networks have battled spam bots. Now they’re preparing to welcome promotional bots with open arms. by Tom Simonite 2016-04-07T16:35:00-04:00