Observer Observer Logo

bots

  • Business
  • |
  • Arts
  • |
  • Entertainment
  • |
Newsletters
  • Entertainment
    • What to Watch
    • Books
    • Reviews
    • Movies
    • TV
    • Theater
    • Music
  • Arts
    • Visual Art
  • Business
    • Management
    • Media
    • Technology
    • Space
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
    • Travel
    • Beauty
  • About
    • Masthead
    • Editorial Ethics and Guidelines
    • Advertise With Us
    • Observer Advertising Guidelines
Events Newsletters

bots

Twitter bots
Sep 15

A New Israeli Study of Twitter’s Fake Users Suggests Elon Musk Might Be Right

At least 12 percent of Twitter users are fake, according to year-long analysis by an Israeli cybersecurity firm.
By Sissi Cao
Aug 23

Ex-Twitter Exec Peiter Zatko Exposes How Twitter Counts Bots as Musk Trial Date Nears

Peiter Zatko, Twitter's former head of security, says Twitter's method of estimating the number of bot users is misleading.
By Sissi Cao
Apr 9

Report: Bots Promote 66 Percent of Twittersphere Links

As Silicon Valley flounders for a solution against disinformation on social media, fake accounts dominate Twitter.
By Davis Richardson
Being able to converse with AI effectively and consistently is a big step toward humanizing it and rendering that sci-fi-esque emotional investment we've long witnessed in movies like "Star Wars."
Feb 8

What Will Come of Chatbots Getting More Personal?

By Mindy Sears
Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Feb 6

Social Media Is Helping Putin Kill Our Democracy

By John R. Schindler
A close-up image showing the app of the micro blogging service Twitter on a smartphone in Manila, Philippines on Jan. 20, 2018.
Jan 29

New York Attorney General Opens Probe into Company Selling Fake Twitter Followers

By Madina Toure
This is how every Springsteen fan looked when they realized they wouldn't get tickets to Bruce on Broadway.
Aug 30

Bruce Springsteen Fans Kept ‘Waitin on a Sunny Day’ by Ticketmaster Verified Fan

By John Bonazzo
Statement by the President.
Jun 5

This New Twitter Bot Turns Donald Trump’s Tweets Into Official WH Statements

By Sage Lazzaro
Conversational AI is set to become as ubiquitous as smartphones.
May 5

AI Is Finally Bringing Conversation to the Consumer

By Q Manning
Are fake followers the new fake news?
May 4

USA Today Bragged About Having 10M Facebook Followers—Millions of Which Were Fake

By Sage Lazzaro
Robots are only a threat to those not human enough to fend them off.
May 3

Robots Are Not Taking Over

By Scott Hartley
What is a chatbot?
Apr 24

11 Amazing Facts You Might Not Know About Chatbots

By Larry Kim
Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Apr 3

‘Russians Bots’ Is Latest Smear Campaign Against Sanders Progressives

By Michael Sainato
Artificial intelligence is democratizing art’s creation.
Jan 25

Beauty and the Bot: Why Art and AI Make the Perfect Pair

By Vince Lynch
The landing page for insomnobot3000.
Dec 29

Casper’s Insomnia Bot That Texts You When You Can’t Sleep Is Really, Really Weird

By Sage Lazzaro
What makes for an engaging bot
Nov 9

How to Build Technology That Feels Like a Friend

By Nir Eyal
Let’s dive into the various subtypes of the “chatbot” that we’ve seen in recent months
Jun 23

‘Bot’ Is a Hilariously Over-Simplified Buzzword. Let’s Fix That.

By Matt Galligan
A photo from the 'Campaign to Stop Killer Robots' which called for a pre-emptive ban on lethal robot weapons in 2013.
Apr 28

You Built a Slack Bot to Read Your Team the News and It Told Everyone Everything

By Brady Dale
Traders on the floor of the NYSE. (photo: Getty Images]
Mar 27

Stock Prices Jumped Yesterday For Every Company Named "Oculus"

By Jack Smith IV
Mar 17

Reddit Bots – Better and Better at Not Saying Much

By Jack Smith IV
Marketers are always working against "banner blindness," which evolves to include every effort to beat it. [Are You A Human]
Mar 12

Playing Games CAPTCHA-Style to Skip Through Video Ads

By Jack Smith IV
May 28

We Have Always Been at War With the Beyonce-Ticket-Buying Bots

By Kelly Faircloth
Jul 2

Meet Mark V. Shaney, Usenet’s Very Own @Horse_ebooks

By Jessica Roy
Sep 20

Are You Human? This Advertisement Will Decide

By Observer Staff
More
  • Contact
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Advertising Guidelines
  • Editorial Ethics
  • Sitemap
  • Newsletters
  • RSS Feeds
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Cookie Settings
  • Do not sell my data
Powered by WordPress VIP

We noticed you're using an ad blocker.

We get it: you like to have control of your own internet experience.
But advertising revenue helps support our journalism.

To read our full stories, please turn off your ad blocker.
We'd really appreciate it.

How Do I Whitelist Observer?

How Do I Whitelist Observer?

Below are steps you can take in order to whitelist Observer.com on your browser:

For Adblock:

Click the AdBlock button on your browser and select Don't run on pages on this domain.

For Adblock Plus on Google Chrome:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Enabled on this site.

For Adblock Plus on Firefox:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Disable on Observer.com.

Then Reload the Page