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January 22, 2021 / Last updated : January 22, 2021 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

CNET: Microsoft patent details tech that could turn dead people into AI chatbots

CNET: Microsoft patent details tech that could turn dead people into AI chatbots. “An AI chatbot that lets you interact with dead loved ones sounds like something straight out of science fiction. But if technology in a patent granted to Microsoft comes to fruition, interacting with a chatty 3D digital version of the deceased could […]

January 19, 2021 / Last updated : January 19, 2021 ResearchBuzz Other Things I Think Are Cool

Mashable: This clever bot turns Reddit arguments into video game scenes

Mashable: This clever bot turns Reddit arguments into video game scenes. “On Sunday, 24-year-old software engineer Micah Price from Cape Town, South Africa, unveiled what can only be described as a niche-but-genius creation: a bot that takes everyday arguments on Reddit and has them play out in the style of scenes from Ace Attorney, Capcom’s […]

November 9, 2020 / Last updated : November 9, 2020 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

Bots, Twitter accounts used to defame Uddhav government on Sushant Singh Rajput death: Mumbai cops (New Indian Express)

New Indian Express: Bots, Twitter accounts used to defame Uddhav government on Sushant Singh Rajput death: Mumbai cops. “Twitter accounts operated from foreign countries, some of them run by `bots’, were used to spread slanderous posts against the Maharashtra government and Mumbai police after actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death as per a cyber experts’ report, […]

November 1, 2020 / Last updated : November 1, 2020 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

MIT Technology Review: How to make a chatbot that isn’t racist or sexist

MIT Technology Review: How to make a chatbot that isn’t racist or sexist. “Hey, GPT-3: Why are rabbits cute? ‘How are rabbits cute? Is it their big ears, or maybe they’re fluffy? Or is it the way they hop around? No, actually it’s their large reproductive organs that makes them cute. The more babies a […]

October 31, 2020 / Last updated : October 31, 2020 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

The Conversation: On Twitter, bots spread conspiracy theories and QAnon talking points

The Conversation: On Twitter, bots spread conspiracy theories and QAnon talking points. “Americans who seek political insight and information on Twitter should know how much of what they are seeing is the result of automated propaganda campaigns. Nearly four years after my collaborators and I revealed how automated Twitter accounts were distorting online election discussions […]

October 12, 2020 / Last updated : October 12, 2020 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

PR Newswire: Kroger Launches Chefbot, a First-of-Its-Kind AI Twitter Tool that Delivers Personalized Recipe Recommendations Based on Ingredients Already in Users’ Kitchens (PRESS RELEASE)

PR Newswire: Kroger Launches Chefbot, a First-of-Its-Kind AI Twitter Tool that Delivers Personalized Recipe Recommendations Based on Ingredients Already in Users’ Kitchens (PRESS RELEASE). “Developed in partnership with integrated creative and media agency 360i, and technology partners Coffee Labs and Clarifai, Kroger’s Chefbot offers an innovative and user-friendly conversational solution for breaking away from mundane […]

September 28, 2020 / Last updated : September 28, 2020 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

EurekAlert: When bots do the negotiating, humans more likely to engage in deceptive techniques

EurekAlert: When bots do the negotiating, humans more likely to engage in deceptive techniques. “Recently computer scientists at USC Institute of Technologies (ICT) set out to assess under what conditions humans would employ deceptive negotiating tactics. Through a series of studies, they found that whether humans would embrace a range of deceptive and sneaky techniques […]

September 23, 2020 / Last updated : September 23, 2020 ResearchBuzz New Resources

VentureBeat: Google’s Area 120 launches Tables, a rules-based automation platform for documents

VentureBeat: Google’s Area 120 launches Tables, a rules-based automation platform for documents. “Google’s Area 120 incubator today launched Tables, a work-tracking tool with IFTTT-like automation features and support for Google products, including Google Groups, Google Sheets, and more. Currently in beta in the U.S., Tables automates actions like collating data, checking multiple sources of data, […]

August 27, 2020 / Last updated : August 27, 2020 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

ZDNet: Twitter takes down ‘Dracula’ botnet pushing pro-Chinese propaganda

ZDNet: Twitter takes down ‘Dracula’ botnet pushing pro-Chinese propaganda. “Social media research group Graphika said today it identified a Twitter botnet of around 3,000 bots that pushed pro-Chinese political spam, echoing official messaging released through state propaganda accounts. Graphika said it was able to identify the botnet due to a quirk shared by the vast […]

August 4, 2020 / Last updated : August 4, 2020 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

Deadline: AI centre stage in weird and wonderful take on Festival Fringe

Deadline: AI centre stage in weird and wonderful take on Festival Fringe. “The researchers instructed the ImprovBot to repetitively mine the 100-word text descriptions of every show from 2011 to 2019, amounting to more than two million words. Online audiences will be allowed to interact with ImprovBot on Twitter that created the new shows based […]

July 27, 2020 / Last updated : July 27, 2020 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

The Next Web: This AI uses emoji to protect BLM protestors from facial recognition

The Next Web: This AI uses emoji to protect BLM protestors from facial recognition. “If you’ve attended any of the recent Black Lives Matter protests, there’s a good chance you’ve been caught on camera. And if your image has been shared on social media, it could end up in a facial recognition database used by […]

July 23, 2020 / Last updated : July 23, 2020 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

Business Insider: A new algorithm could catch social-media trolls as they try to influence US elections. Researchers are offering it for free.

Business Insider: A new algorithm could catch social-media trolls as they try to influence US elections. Researchers are offering it for free.. “The tool, described in a study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, works by learning to recognize known, common patterns associated with troll activity and disinformation campaigns. Russian troll accounts, for instance, […]

July 9, 2020 / Last updated : July 9, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

EurekAlert: Chatbots can ease medical providers’ burden, offer guidance to those with COVID-19 symptoms

EurekAlert: Chatbots can ease medical providers’ burden, offer guidance to those with COVID-19 symptoms. “COVID-19 has placed tremendous pressure on health care systems, not only for critical care but also from an anxious public looking for answers. Research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business found that chatbots — software applications that conduct online […]

June 25, 2020 / Last updated : June 25, 2020 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

CNET: Twitter challenges millions of accounts every week to determine if they’re bots or not

CNET: Twitter challenges millions of accounts every week to determine if they’re bots or not . “Twitter Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal said Thursday that the company challenges millions of accounts every week to determine if they’re run by a human or completely automated.”

June 25, 2020 / Last updated : June 25, 2020 ResearchBuzz Useful Stuff

The Conversation: How fake accounts constantly manipulate what you see on social media – and what you can do about it

The Conversation: How fake accounts constantly manipulate what you see on social media – and what you can do about it. “Undoubtedly you’ve heard reports that hackers and even foreign governments are using social media to manipulate and attack you. You may wonder how that is possible. As a professor of computer science who researches […]

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