The suicide deaths of people using therapy chatbots for their mental issues are prompting some states to outlaw the practice.

CAPTCHAs are those now ubiquitous challenges you encounter to prove that you’re a human and not a bot when you go to log in ...

The operators of the SystemBC proxy botnet are hunting for vulnerable commercial virtual private servers (VPS) and maintain ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Computer bots and Russian trolls aren't just infiltrating American politics - they've also gotten into the nation's vaccine discussions. Teams at Johns Hopkins and the University of ...

PHOENIX — State lawmakers are moving to make it illegal to use computer “bots’’ to scoop up tickets for concerts and sporting events and then resell them to Arizonans at sharply inflated prices. But ...

As AI agents are given more power inside organisations, Exabeam’s chief AI officer Steve Wilson argues they must be monitored ...

Bills to outlaw the use of computer bots to buy event tickets passed in the Michigan House of Representatives Tuesday. Ticket bots gained extra attention a few years ago when scammers used them to buy ...

CAPTCHAs are those now ubiquitous challenges you encounter to prove that you’re a human and not a bot when you go to log in to many websites. As a computer scientist, I see CAPTCHAs as an effective ...

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