Stories Tagged as
Bots
Machines need to be funny if they want to sell us stuff
Dec 19, 2019
Tech companies are hiring entertainers to make their chatbots nimble and witty.
One problem with fake news? It really, really works
by
Molly Wood
Aug 27, 2018
MIT research finds false stories often travel further and faster than real ones.
Twitter is in a big game of "bot or not"
by
Molly Wood
, Stephanie Hughes
and Shaheen Ainpour
Jul 13, 2018
The proportion of fake users, or bots, on Twitter may be higher than previously thought.
Mark Zuckerberg to Congress: My team will get back to you on that
Apr 12, 2018
All the questions that Zuckerberg and his teams have yet to answer.
How social media bots can amplify fake news
by
Molly Wood
, Stephanie Hughes
and Shaheen Ainpour
Feb 27, 2018
The disinformation war is being waged online, but who's behind it?
Twitter has a hard time with bots because it was designed to be bot-friendly
by
Kai Ryssdal
Feb 21, 2018
It’s been a hard year for social platform companies like Twitter and Facebook. After reports emerged of Russians interfering with the 2016 presidential election by using bots and fake accounts, both companies have come under pressure to clean up their user bases. And for Twitter, this may be especially tricky; as far as platforms go, […]
Inside social media's black market
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sean McHenry
Jan 30, 2018
New York Times reporter Nick Confessore tells how many celebrities have bought their followers from a company called Devumi.
For public good, not for profit.
Who uses chatbots, anyway?
Apr 11, 2016
Booking a flight? There's a bot for that. Trying to find the right foundation? There's a bot for that, too.
What's the value of a fake social media follower?
by
Adriene Hill
Dec 11, 2014
Instagram plans to delete fake accounts, who'll miss them?
Your Twitter follower count doesn't mean a thing
by
Seth Kelley
Nov 7, 2014
Quality over quantity, young padawan.