A bot is an automated software program that does something. Beyond this rudimentary description, bots vary tremendously. They moderate chat room discussions, scrape the web to collect information, and ...

Bots have received a bad reputation in the last year, having featured prominently in the mainstream media due to accusations levied by the U.S. Democratic Party against President Donald Trump.

Bots tweet more "Depending on how you define a bot, you could have anywhere from less than 1% to 20%," he says. "I think a strict definition would be a fairly low number. You have to factor in things ...