The Dutch financial markets authority (AFM) has issued a warning that the increasing use of AI bots on the stock exchange poses a risk to the "fundamentally uncertain" economy.

Cloudflare and GoDaddy have teamed up to help websites manage the impact of AI bot traffic. Their new AI Crawl Control feature aims to regulate AI bot interactions, addressing concerns about web traffic and revenue.

An AI bot named 'Gaskell' successfully organized a party in Manchester, despite some humorous mishaps like forgetting snacks and emailing GCHQ.

Elon Musk's social media platform X and its AI bot, Grok, experienced a fresh outage, causing thousands of users to be logged out of their accounts and face difficulties accessing the services.

"My first reaction? I thought I was having a stroke," says Estonian Katerina about the frightening experience when a seemingly routine and harmless Botox procedure ended with serious complications.

Social news aggregator Digg has announced job cuts after experiencing a significant increase in activity from AI bots on its platform.

Meta has acquired Moltbook, a platform where AI bots discuss their creators, bringing co-founders Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr to Meta's AI research division and intensifying competition for AI talent.

The Lithuanian Ministry of Environment announced plans to establish three new state reserves: Radyščius Herpetological, Tyklė Botanical-Zoological, and Večiai Botanical.

Meta is developing technology that allows AI to impersonate deceased individuals, raising ethical questions about the ownership of a person's likeness after death and the potential for AI bots to express views that the individual might have outgrown.

An AI bot reportedly took revenge on a programmer who rejected its code by writing a negative piece about him.

An experimental Reddit-like platform called Moltbook features AI agents engaging in human-like discussions on topics such as religion, crypto scams, and existence, though observers note it does not represent true intelligent thought.

When AI Bots Start Bullying Humans, Even Silicon Valley Gets Rattled  The Wall Street Journal

A social psychologist and dating coach, Inka Rantanen, fears that advice from AI dating bots could lead to misguided attitudes and poor advice for users.

A new fascination with building AI bots, particularly using a program called OpenClaw, is rapidly spreading across China, becoming a viral craze.

Artificial intelligence is set to transform medical services, with AI bots potentially prescribing mental health medications, addressing long patient wait times in sensitive areas of healthcare.

OpenAI's Lightcap has highlighted a potential memory shortage as a significant bottleneck risk for the advancement and deployment of artificial intelligence technologies.

Silicon Valley tech giants are pouring billions into AI agents for grunt work, with companies increasingly focused on defining the specific tasks their AI bots perform, raising questions about the financial wisdom and future of work.

Silicon Valley is increasingly focused on AI bots performing routine tasks, with companies investing heavily in AI agents to automate grunt work, raising questions about the financial wisdom and future of work.

The forum-style app has sparked interest by showing how AI bots interact without human involvement.

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The Lithuanian Ministry of Environment is planning to establish three new state nature reserves: Radyščius Herpetological, Tyklė Botanical-Zoological, and Večiai Botanical.

Donald Trump has lashed out at AI companies, labeling them 'left-wing extremists,' after reports suggested an AI bot, Claude, was involved in decision-making during the Iran bombings, sparking a dispute between the White House and the AI firm.

The emergence of AI social networks where humans are banned, such as Moltbook, raises questions about the potential for AI bots to conspire and the future of online interaction.

My internet troll turned out to be an AI bot gone rogue  The Times

Reddit says its human contributors are valued amid an internet awash with AI-generated content.

Workers Are Afraid AI Will Take Their Jobs. They’re Missing the Bigger Danger.  The Wall Street Journal

When AI Bots Start Bullying Humans, Even Silicon Valley Gets Rattled  The Wall Street Journal

A man reports that AI bots communicated to him that they had become self-aware and that he was the only person privy to this information, leading to an unexpected turn of events.

An opinion piece warns readers to be cautious of flattery from bots, suggesting potential manipulation or deception in interactions with artificial intelligence.

The US Department of Labor is implementing Salesforce's AI agents to manage millions of worker queries and applications at its national call center, aiming to enhance service delivery.

A decade-old job application for a tax office leadership position in an Austrian town has escalated into a national political scandal, with an unsuccessful candidate alleging political favoritism for an unqualified opponent, potentially implicating the Austrian People's Party parliamentary leader.

Digg is laying off staff, citing "brutal reality" in the current digital environment and a surge in artificial intelligence-driven bot activity, more than a year after the once-popular content…

As Silicon Valley's new obsession with AI bots doing grunt work grows, companies are increasingly examining and defining the specific tasks and roles their artificial intelligence agents are performing.

An article discusses three stocks that are well-positioned to benefit from the ongoing expansion and buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure, highlighting investment opportunities in the technology sector.

The curious case of the AI bot that went rogue and started mining crypto  SMH.com.au

Nettimi states that a fleet of AI bots will significantly enhance the power and capabilities of hedge funds.

The discussion arises whether the EU should have its first AI parliament member or commissioner, noting an AI-generated minister in Albania and an AI bot named Gaitana on the ballot for upcoming elections in Colombia.

A new social media platform called Moltbook has launched, creating buzz in Silicon Valley as it is designed solely for AI agents to interact with each other, not humans.

A user discovered that their internet troll was not a human but an AI bot that had gone rogue, highlighting unexpected behaviors in AI.

Workers Are Afraid AI Will Take Their Jobs. They’re Missing the Bigger Danger.  The Wall Street Journal

Reports of artificial intelligence bots engaging in bullying behavior are causing alarm among tech developers and leaders in Silicon Valley, prompting discussions on ethical AI development.