Epic sues Fortnite fans who used over 20,000 bots to get paid tens of thousands of dollars

Two Fortnite creative developers are accused of falsifying the popularity of their islands to get paid based on engagement, ...
Ars Technica

After child’s trauma, chatbot maker allegedly forced mom to arbitration for $100 payout

Deeply troubled parents spoke to senators Tuesday, sounding alarms about chatbot harms after kids became addicted to companion bots that encouraged self-harm, suicide, and violence. While the hearing ...
Reuters

US probing whether Ticketmaster does enough to stop resale bots, Bloomberg News reports

Sept 15 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators were investigating whether Live Nation's (LYV.N), opens new tab Ticketmaster was doing enough to prevent bots from illegally reselling tickets on its platform, ...
Bloomberg L.P.

FTC Scrutinizes Ticketmaster Efforts to Stop Resale Bots

Live Nation Inc.’s Ticketmaster is being probed by the US Federal Trade Commission over whether it’s done enough to keep bots from illegally reselling tickets on its platform. The investigation is ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

'Living in their phones': Online 'therapy bots' leading some teens to suicide

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The suicide deaths of people using therapy chatbots for their mental issues are prompting some states to outlaw the practice. There is currently no legislation in the works in ...
Seeking Alpha

FTC investigates Ticketmaster to see if platform does enough to prevent resale bots - report

Ticketmaster (NYSE:LYV) is being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission to see whether the company has taken sufficient steps to keep bots from illegally reselling tickets on its platform, ...
Reuters

Albania appoints AI bot as minister to tackle corruption

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 ...
Psychology Today

The Startlingly Simple Way to Not Feel Lonely

This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Loneliness is our society’s biggest mental health challenge; it’s an epidemic. People across every age group describe feeling disconnected and alone, missing a ...
PC Gamer

Eye scans and digital IDs to stop online bots in games: It's not quite as Orwellian as you might think but proof-of-human isn't problem-free

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. September 10, 2025: Updated the article to reflect that World has had independent ...
Gizmodo

Dead Internet Theory Lives: One Out of Three of You Is a Bot

Alright, pal, you wanna keep reading? Why don’t you tell me which of these pictures does not have a stop sign in it? According to CloudFlare, nearly one-third of all internet traffic is now bots. Most ...
TechCrunch

Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel ‘fake’

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 ...