Facebook says its researchers are developing new technology they hope will aid in ongoing efforts to make its platform’s AI have the ability to snuff out harassment. In the Web-Enabled Simulation (WES ...

Facebook today heralded the promise of chatbots, while also acknowledging that the much-hyped technology is still in its infancy. Speaking to investors after its quarterly earning announcement, chief ...

As well as chatting to people on Facebook, you'll soon be conversing with 'bots', i.e. computers that use artificial intelligence to sound like humans. The aim is that firms will use bots to help ...

is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011. Facebook ...

It is the bane of every security researcher: no matter how sophisticated the tool is to fight harmful behavior on any given interface, hackers will always adapt, scale up their game, and find new ways ...

PLAYA VISTA, Calif. Facebook thinks apps are yesterday and automated chat bots are the future. But have you tried them out? We have, and the results are not great. Facebook added computerized chat ...

Real human friends are soon to be out-of-date in Silicon Valley. Instead, your new social media friend will be an artificial intelligence bot, according to one executive from Meta, Facebook and ...

Viral claims telling Facebook users that they can block fact-checks of their posts have been circulating since early this year. These posts claim that you can go into Facebook's settings and block ...

Facebook is developing a bot universe to simulate the interactions of real users, potentially giving the platform a proactive method of combating trolls, scammers and rule-breakers. This shadow ...