A new study of Ohio’s 2022 elections argues that social media bots were able to influence what candidates were talking about.

AI researchers caution that political leaders may soon use AI bot swarms on social media to manipulate public opinion, potentially destabilizing democracy.

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Cong Lu has long been fascinated by how to use technology to make his job as a research scientist more efficient. But his latest project takes the idea to an extreme. Lu, who is a postdoctoral ...

More than half of all internet traffic is now made up of bots, according to a new report. Analysis by cyber security firm Imperva revealed that automated and AI-powered bots accounted for 51 per cent ...

Coordinated behaviors like swarming—from ant colonies to schools of fish—are found everywhere in nature. Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) ...

Laundry-listing facts rarely changes hearts and minds – unless a bot is doing the persuading. Briefly chatting with an AI moved potential voters in three countries toward their less preferred ...

Hi, Liz! :) How are you feeling?” an incoming text pings. I click on a pre-generated answer. “Okay, I guess. . .” I’m in the home stretch of a long work trip, and I’ve been stressing about spending ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Birch is a London-based advisor on digital financial services. Nov 13, 2024, 01:22pm EST Nov 14, 2024, 04:57am EST A picture ...