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After pleading guilty, a 54-year-old North Carolina man, Michael Smith, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for using artificial intelligence to generate songs for a scheme that stole millions from ...

Ukraine has launched a series of drone strikes over the past week that have knocked multiple Russian data centers offline, resulting in internet bot traffic from the country dropping to almost zero.

The glass facade of the headquarters of Yandex NV, Russia's largest search-engine company, Credit: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images Russia's army of bots is apparently offline. At least, that ...

Claims that Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres reduced Kremlin-linked bot networks have spread widely online, but experts have told BBC Verify there is no evidence the attacks have ...

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Was a drone strike on Yandex's data centers behind the drop off in bot activity? A new report breaks it down. Credit: Jaque Silva/NurPhoto via Getty Images Ukrainian drones struck data centers ...

At least, not the troll traffic that blights social media. At least, not the troll traffic that blights social media. is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture ...

In early October, a claim (archived) circulated that Ukrainian strikes on Russian bot farms caused right-wing or MAGA social media activity to decrease. Yandex, a Russian technology giant that ...

Ukraine has struck three data centers belonging to Russian tech company Yandex, which is also known as Russia’s Google. The effects are purportedly being felt across the globe, with many social media ...