A new report found that bots have surpassed human internet traffic. HUMAN Security's State of AI Traffic report found that automated traffic grew eight times faster than human traffic year-over-year.

Would-be Reddit competitor Digg just shut down because it couldn’t get a handle on the bots overrunning its site. On Wednesday, Reddit said it’s taking on the challenge itself. The company will begin ...

Andrew Ashur, the founder and CEO of window-cleaning robot startup Lucid Bots, likes to joke that his company is the antithesis of the robotics industry right now. While many companies are trying to ...

Prince said bots' web usage is rising alongside rapidly growing generative AI. Internet traffic generated by automated bots is expected to surpass human activity by 2027, according to Matthew Prince, ...

Microsoft says Teams will soon automatically tag third-party bots in lobbies, allowing organizers to control whether they can join meetings. As detailed in a new Microsoft 365 roadmap entry, the ...

The viral virtual assistant OpenClaw—formerly known as Moltbot, and before that Clawdbot—is a symbol of a broader revolution underway that could fundamentally alter how the internet functions. Instead ...

On Moltbook, bots have formed communities, invented their own inside jokes, cultural references and even formed a parody religion. Or have they? Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is ...

Mark Martel, a retiree in Silicon Valley, likes to keep tabs on what’s new with AI, noting with interest advancements like large language models and coding bots. This week’s top posts on an AI-focused ...

Battlefield lead producer David Sirland has taken to social media to clear the air about how Battlefield Studios uses bots in Battlefield 6 multiplayer to keep players engaged. EA’s latest entry in ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...

Fortnite players know that lobbies aren’t entirely human. Some enemies have such stilted movement or perish in such deeply silly ways that the only logical conclusion is that you’re fighting a bot.