Bots Run the Internet

With human therapists in short supply, AI chatbots are trying to plug the gap—but it’s not clear how well they…

At the heart of every bot-detection tool is a human's gut feeling—and all the messiness that comes with it.

Botmasters have created a Kafkaesque system where companies are paying huge sums to show their ads to bots. And…

Don’t judge a bot by the troll farms—some make the internet a weirder and more wonderful place.

Automated accounts are the target of ire and the linchpin of Elon Musk’s attempt to break his deal with the…