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Poll finds public turning to AI bots for news updates
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Poll finds public turning to AI bots for news updates

The yearly survey from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism found ‘for the first time’ that significant numbers of people were...

Many businesses are thinking twice on using AI bots
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Many businesses are thinking twice on using AI bots

Gartner report claims companies are reversing or toning down their strategies for AI customer service Almost all companies will keep human agents in...

Researchers secretly used AI bots to study how AI can influence human opinion
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Researchers secretly used AI bots to study how AI can influence human opinion

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Recently, it emerged that a team of researchers at the University of Zurich had conducted a study to manipulate...

Bots now account for over half of all internet traffic
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Bots now account for over half of all internet traffic

In 2024, 51% of all internet traffic fell on bots, Thales report claims Not all bots are malicious, but many are Travel and...

GenAI bots could well be scraping your web apps, researchers warn
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GenAI bots could well be scraping your web apps, researchers warn

Barracuda research reveals the extent of data scraping bots Not all bots are bad, but many extract huge amounts of data without permission...

Helper bots in online communities diminish human interaction
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Helper bots in online communities diminish human interaction

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When bots—automated agents that perform tasks on behalf of humans—become more active in online communities, it has profound effects...

Study finds bots boost online engagement but hinder meaningful online discussions
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Study finds bots boost online engagement but hinder meaningful online discussions

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Last July, Meta introduced AI Studio, a tool for users of Meta platforms Facebook and Instagram to create chatbots...

Tiny feet, bionic arms, and bots that can deliver a sandwich – 6 weird and wonderful robot vacuum innovations from CES 2025
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Tiny feet, bionic arms, and bots that can deliver a sandwich – 6 weird and wonderful robot vacuum innovations from CES 2025

As one of TechRadar’s Homes Editors, I’ve been following the robot vacuum market closely for some time now. While I’m enthusiastic about efficient...

How bots are driving the climate crisis and how we can solve it
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How bots are driving the climate crisis and how we can solve it

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Welcome to the age of the blob internet, a time in which the world wide web is overrun by...