According to what's known as "dead internet theory"—once a fringe idea that has gained traction in recent years—data science researchers now estimate that a significant portion of Internet traffic, as ...

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 ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Not long after Battlefield Studios patched XP farms out of Battlefield 6's Portal mode, the studio has announced a new official "casual" mode that ...

CATONSVILLE, MD, Oct. 23, 2025 – A peer-reviewed study in Information Systems Research shows that AI-powered social media bots can increase user engagement on posts, but they fall short of encouraging ...

To help counteract the spread of bots and AI-generated users, X is planning to roll out a new profile display that will include more personal information about the individual user. Starting next week, ...

Third Person Shooter Arc Raiders devs are uplifted by how kind players have been to one another, but admit 'we're way worse people than the community' when it comes to engaging in PvP FPS Battlefield ...

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 ...

Albania has appointed “Diella,” an AI bot, as a minister to fight corruption in public tenders. This experiment aims to test if an impartial, non-human entity can ensure transparency. If successful, ...

PRISTINA, Sept 11 (Reuters) - A new minister in Albania charged to handle public procurement will be impervious to bribes, threats, or attempts to curry favour. That is because Diella, as she is ...

I’m not arrogant enough to think that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reads what I write, but – meh – it’s possible. At the very least, I’m heartened to see we’re starting to come to some of the same ...

X enthusiast and Reddit shareholder Sam Altman had an epiphany on Monday: Bots have made it impossible to determine whether social media posts are really written by humans, he posted. The realization ...