Market manipulation is an old issue. People try to make money off unsuspecting investors by artificially influencing the price of a stock. But what about when the one manipulating markets isn't human?

Automated internet and social media sites are generating and sharing posts, often spreading information, disinformation and misinformation in hopes of influencing public opinion on behalf of some ...

Telegram has become the home of a new generation of trading bots that toe the line between convenience and chaos. A new type of trading bot is sweeping through crypto communities with the promise of ...

Researchers set up a simple social network for AI bots to see how they'd behave. Without algorithms or recommendations, the bots reproduced the toxic patterns of social media. Six fixes to curb ...

Calling someone a bot on social media once meant you suspected they were actually a piece of software, but now the use of the word is shifting to become an insult to someone you know is human, say ...

The "dead internet theory" gained traction in 2021 after a post by "IlluminatiPirate" on the Agora Road forum, Forbes explained. It was later featured in The Atlantic under the headline, "Maybe you ...

At least 1,800 fake accounts on the social media platform X are praising Azerbaijan, a major oil and gas producer, according to an analysis shared with The Washington Post. At least 1,800 bots on the ...

Those are descriptions from federal politicians and child-safety advocates of the “sensual” and “romantic” chats Meta allowed its artificial intelligence bots on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to ...

A team of researchers gave AI bots their own social platform — and it turned toxic. The chatbots split into cliques and boosted the most partisan voices. A handful of "influencers" also quickly ...