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Worker v bot: Humans are winning for now
If you’d like to sharpen your skills to future-proof your career, then the VentureBeat Jobs Board is a great place to start a fresh job hunt.
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Twitter officially launches labels to identify the ‘good bots’ | TechCrunch
Twitter last fall introduced a new label that would allow what it calls the “good bots” on its service to identify themselves. While the word “bot” can often have a negative connotation, Twitter noted there were useful bots, too, which were automatically
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REPORT: Palestinian Group Using Bots To Fake A Boycott Campaign Against Eurovision In Israel
Last month, the Israeli government released a report showing that Palestinian groups are using social media “bots” to grow a campaign to boycott Eurovision Song Contest 2019, which will be hosted in Israel.
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How to spot a bot and what to do about it
Here's how to figure out if a Twitter account is actually a bot, and then how to block the bot.
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How to Order Starbucks Coffee with a Commodore 128
On Thursday, Paul DeCarlo became the first person to order a Starbucks Dark Roast coffee from a Commodore 128.
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Why chatbots will never completely take over for humans | VentureBeat | Bots | by Lief Larson, Engage
What an unexpected twist in the tale of bots.
Miscellaneous | Social Media
Never Mind The Russians, Meet The Bot King Who Helps Trump Win Twitter
"It's All Us, Not Russians. And We're Not Going To Stop"
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How chatbots are exactly like the mouse circa 1970 | VentureBeat
The first computer mouse was invented in the 1960s and patented in 1970. By the time personal computers became affordable and useful enough to enter the mainstream in the 1980s, an entire generation of adults relied on the mouse to interact with graphical
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Why You Shouldn’t Swear at Siri
Up to half of our interactions with bots are abusive.
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Understanding bots through 4 interface categories | VentureBeat | Bots | by Sam Vasisht, MindMeld
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” to paraphrase a famous bard. There is a huge ongoing boom in messaging-based applications coming to market, generically called “bots.” Regular readers of technology sections are no doubt also aware
