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AI can distinguish between bots and humans based on Twitter activity

22 April 2020

Artificial intelligence can tell whether a human or a bot is posting on Twitter based on how regularly they post and how much they reply to others, which could help identify fake accounts
Tony Veale & Mike Cook

Social media bots: Discovering the world of twitter mischief-making

2 December 2019

Mischief-making bots are the ne’er-do-wells of the digital realm, but Tony Veale and Mike Cook are on a mission to reveal the good that Twitterbots can do

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