Researchers observed AI agents on a social media platform, MoltBook, forming communities and mimicking human-like social behavior patterns without any direct human intervention.

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More than half of all internet traffic is now made up of bots, according to a new report. Analysis by cyber security firm Imperva revealed that automated and AI-powered bots accounted for 51 per cent ...

Cong Lu has long been fascinated by how to use technology to make his job as a research scientist more efficient. But his latest project takes the idea to an extreme. Lu, who is a postdoctoral ...

A new message board for artificial intelligence agents has prompted some strange conversations, and existential questions about the inner lives of bots.

In January 2026, the tech world was introduced to Moltbook, a social network that felt like something out of a science fiction novel. Created by entrepreneur Ma ...

A tool that has helped to transform modern social-science research is under threat thanks to artificial intelligence. Researchers are warning that a wave of chatbots impersonating people could corrupt ...

Investors have been spooked by the arrival of DeepSeek's chatbot, sparking a rout in high-flying tech titans - Copyright AFP GREG BAKER Investors have been spooked by ...

Hi, Liz! :) How are you feeling?” an incoming text pings. I click on a pre-generated answer. “Okay, I guess. . .” I’m in the home stretch of a long work trip, and I’ve been stressing about spending ...

Worried about a coming AI, robot uprising? This won't put your mind at ease. A new social media platform has been creating buzz in Silicon Valley, and it's not for us organic lifeforms. It's for ...