bots
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AI Bot Is The First To Play StarCraft II At The Grandmaster Level
Computer scientists at DeepMind have developed an artificially intelligent bot capable of defeating the world’s best players at StarCraft II, the popular real-time strategy video game.
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Facebook Is Suing Four Chinese Companies For Allegedly Selling Fake Accounts
Facebook is suing four companies and three individuals based in China it alleges have been creating and “promoting the sale of fake accounts, likes and followers” on Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram, as well as other social media sites, the company announced on Friday. In addition to the alleged efforts to create fraudulent accounts, Facebook…
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Court Rules FCC Must Release Records That Could Explain Fraudulent Net Neutrality Comments
A federal judge ruled last week that the Republican-controlled Federal Communications Commission (currently chaired by Donald Trump appointee Ajit Pai) must release records related to millions of fraudulent public comments filed before the agency repealed net neutrality guidelines last year, Ars Technica reported.
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How Many Social Media Users Are Real People?
Illustration: Elena Scotti (Gizmodo) Most social media users know that bot accounts are among us, whether as fake voters with loud opinions or obsessive re-tweeters of a single corporation’s content. When it comes to telling many ‘fake’ accounts from real ones, however — or just knowing how many non-individuals are active online — even savvy…