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OpenAI just admitted it has a bot that crawls the web to collect AI training data. If you don't block GPTbot, that's self-sabotage.

Tue, 08/08/2023 - 17:10

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Huntsman spider.
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Twitter's new rivals suffer similar problems: Threads to use rate limits due to spam and Bluesky missed racist slurs

Mon, 07/17/2023 - 17:47

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Meta's Threads app is viewed on an iPhone screen held by a person, and bespectacled Adam Mosseri wears a suit, looks to the left. — The Threads app and Adam Mosseri.
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A business owner suing Twitter over unpaid bills says the company ignored her and answered her with a bot following Elon Musk's takeover

Thu, 05/04/2023 - 06:19

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Elon Musk wearing a navy suit and blue tie is holding a microphone, with a big, mid-laugh smile — Elon Musk.
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Elon Musk appears to offer $1 million bounty to 'convict' those responsible for Twitter 'botnets'

Sun, 04/02/2023 - 08:15

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Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, is pushing for a harder-driving culture at the company. — Elon Musk is CEO of Twitter.
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Massive Twitter Bot Farm Is Heaping Praise on Trump and Trashing DeSantis

Tue, 03/07/2023 - 17:45

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Twitter has seen its share of political bot campaigns, but since spring 2022 there’s been a long-running, highly prolific bot campaign proliferating through Twitter to support former President Donald Trump. Even if you first thought it’s just the Russians again, a new report suggests these fake accounts were created a…