Google is testing Web Bot Auth, an experimental protocol designed to help websites verify that automated traffic is really coming from the bot or service it claims to represent. The new protocol could ...

There appears to be a recent epidemic of users hijacking companies’ AI-powered customer service bots to turn them into generic AI assistants. The goal is to get the branded bots to do their bidding, ...

A new store in San Francisco has human employees, but they're not the ones making the decisions. An artificial intelligence bot named Luna is the boss. Andon Market, a boutique store, opened on April ...

AI is transforming bots into highly sophisticated actors capable of mimicking human behavior with striking accuracy. In this Dark Reading News Desk interview, Ted Miracco explains that modern bots can ...

Bots are taking over the web, according to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince. In an interview at the SXSW conference in Austin this week, he said that with the speed at which artificial intelligence is ...

An open source project called Scrapling is gaining traction with AI agent users who want their bots to scrape sites without permission. “No bot detection. No selector maintenance. No Cloudflare ...

Scott Shambaugh woke up early Wednesday morning to learn that an artificial intelligence bot had written a blog post accusing him of hypocrisy and prejudice. The 1,100-word screed called the ...

From small publishers to US federal agencies, websites are reporting unusual spikes in automated traffic linked to IP addresses in Lanzhou, China. When he first noticed the traffic spike, Quintero ...

Cross Bot will analyze your games in Crossplay, a new two-player word game from The Times. By Asmaa Elkeurti Tom Giratikanon and Eve Washington New York Times Games has launched Crossplay, a new ...

Astro Bot’s claim to the title of “PlayStation’s mascot” is getting stronger thanks to a sprawling collection of merch at Target, Walmart, and several other major and specialty retailers. PlayStation ...

Bot networks are now a brand problem, too. Coordinated webs of fake social-media personas have historically been the domain of fraudsters and state-based actors, such as the infamous Russian troll ...

The cryptocurrency market has matured significantly over the last decade, yet it remains one of the most volatile and fast-paced financial environments. Traders, both retail and institutional, often ...