Real human friends are soon to be out-of-date in Silicon Valley. Instead, your new social media friend will be an artificial intelligence bot, according to one executive from Meta, Facebook and ...

Those are descriptions from federal politicians and child-safety advocates of the “sensual” and “romantic” chats Meta allowed its artificial intelligence bots on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to ...

Last month, a new social-media app started making the rounds. On SocialAI, the pitch goes, you’re always the “main character,” you’ll always get engagement, your replies will always be full, and ...

Bots now account for nearly half of all internet traffic globally, with so-called “bad bots” responsible for a third. The proportion of internet traffic generated by bots hit its highest level last ...

The post that appeared on Buffy Sobol Johnson’s Facebook feed gave the Lakeville resident pause. “What was your experience with the worst restaurant in Lakeville?” someone recently asked, unleashing a ...

The Facebook bot has been developed by OgilvyOne, with the process being led by experience planning partner, James Whatley and can be added to a Facebook Messenger profile simply by searching for The ...