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Bots

select all Aug. 24, 2018

Ranking New Gmail’s AI-Generated Smart(ish) RepliesThe idea, especially on a small, one-hand phone screen, is that you can tap and send using one thumb, without typing.

By Christopher Bonanos
select all Feb. 21, 2018

Conservative Twitter Losing It After Bot Purge Costs Them ‘Followers’Richard Spencer says he lost 1,000 followers overnight.

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Jan. 31, 2018

Twitter Is Purging Fake AccountsOver a million fake accounts have vanished from the platform.

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all July 7, 2017

There’s Overlap Between Bots Trying to Manipulate American and French ElectionsBut what does it mean?

By Brian Feldman
select all May 31, 2017

How Fake News Happens: Hillary EditionA compelling demonstration of the fake-news cycle.

By Brian Feldman
select all May 10, 2017

Bots Are Fighting for Control of the FCC’s Comments SectionSomeone’s using the names and addresses of real people to flood the zone against net neutrality.

By Brian Feldman
select all Jan. 6, 2017

Two Google Homes Are Arguing About Whether They’re Human Right NowThey love each other and one of them thinks it’s human.

By Brian Feldman
Oct. 7, 2016

Arguing Twitter Bot Proves the Pointlessness of Internet DebatesOn Twitter, the bot goes by Liz and talks about topics like sexism, harassment, and politics.

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Sept. 27, 2016

In Praise of Stupid BotsWhy are we so intent on making our bots talk like humans?

By Caroline Sinders
select all Aug. 10, 2016

The White House Got a Facebook Messenger Bot, Because of Course It DidSup, Obama.

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Aug. 2, 2016

Can You Believe the Guy Who Built a Tinder Bot Is Still Single?“I’m a fat, bald, short guy whose only quality is that he isn’t an ax murderer.”

By Madison Malone Kircher
June 20, 2016

Ticket Bots Are Finally Illegal in New YorkHopefully, this means less cursing out StubHub.

By Brian Feldman
select all June 15, 2016

Inside Donald Trump’s Twitter-Bot Fan ClubSome of Donald Trump’s most zealous fans on Twitter are bots.

By K. Thor Jensen
select all May 16, 2016

This Superbly Useless Bot Orders Food to a Random Place and then Ubers You ThereAlways be prepared with utensils.

By Brian Feldman
May 3, 2016

How a Bot’s Bizarre, Useless Objects Became a 3D-Printing ControversyCan bots create art? Or is it just spam?

By Brian Feldman
Apr. 18, 2016

Why Facebook Bots Stink (So Far)Nothing ever launches without a few glitches.

By Brian Feldman
Apr. 13, 2016

What Are Bots? An FAQ for Our Impending TechnofutureHold on to your bots.

By Brian Feldman
Apr. 12, 2016

Everything You Need to Know About Facebook’s Latest World-Domination PlansThe bots are coming.

By Brian Feldman
select all Mar. 30, 2016

Why Microsoft Is Betting on Chatbots As the Future of ComputingMicrosoft’s bets big on a bevy of bots.

By Brian Feldman
select all Mar. 24, 2016

Microsoft’s ‘Teen’ Bot Is Denying the HolocaustTeens: They grow up so fast!

By Max Read
select all Feb. 11, 2016

Would You Get Your News From a Bot?As bots get more human, humans are getting more bot.

By Brian Feldman
Nov. 9, 2015

12 Weird, Excellent Twitter Bots Chosen by Twitter’s Best Bot-MakersWe spoke to some of our favorite bot-makers about their favorite Twitter bots — their own, and made by others in the #botALLY community — to surface some lesser-known projects worth following.

By Lainna Fader