Tags: bot detection

Meta has announced the purchase of Moltbook, a platform built primarily for artificial intelligence agents to communicate with one another. The network currently hosts AI bots that share updates, code snippets, and philosophical reflections while human users watch from the sidelines. The acquisition fits Meta's broader push into AI‑driven digital assistants and could serve as a testbed for how autonomous agents collaborate online. Industry observers note that the move raises questions about the authenticity of social feeds, as bots can generate endless content and blur the line between human and machine interaction. Lire la suite

Researchers from the University of Zurich, University of Amsterdam, Duke University and NYU released a study revealing that AI‑generated social‑media replies are often marked by an overly friendly emotional tone. Testing nine open‑weight large language models across platforms such as Twitter/X, Bluesky and Reddit, the team found their classifiers could detect AI‑generated content with 70 to 80 percent accuracy. The models also displayed consistently lower toxicity scores than human users, and attempts to fine‑tune or prompt them did not eliminate the emotional‑tone giveaway. Lire la suite