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Facebook Gives Bots Ability To Negotiate, Compromise

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Facebook’s artificial intelligence researchers announced Wednesday they had broken new ground by giving automated programs or ‘bots’ the ability to negotiate, and make compromises. The new technology pushes forward the ability to create bots ‘that can reason, converse and negotiate, all key steps in building a personalized digital assistant,’ said researchers Mike Lewis and Dhruv … Read more

Massive Networks of Fake Accounts Found On Twitter

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Massive collections of fake accounts are lying dormant on Twitter, suggests research. The largest network ties together more than 350,000 accounts and further work suggests others may be even bigger. UK researchers accidentally uncovered the lurking networks while probing Twitter to see how people use it. Some of the accounts have been used to fake … Read more