This bot took $250 million from people’s bank accounts—for their own good

by Kate Stohr, Fusion

First! How ‘#WhoIsNeil’ Gamed Trump’s Twitter Bots

by Alyssa Bereznak, The Ringer

In messaging apps for teens, talk of danger and dollars

by Michael Rosenwald, Washington Post

WhatsBot Brings A Virtual Assistant To WhatsApp

by Sarah Perez, TechCrunch

Forget Apps, Now The Bots Take Over

by Beerud Sheth, Tech Crunch

Hot or bot? How to tell if your Tinder match is a real live human

by Taryn Hillin, Fusion

Reddit’s Bit Of New Bot

I often spend time on /r/news and /r/worldnews. If you’ve spent time there, you’ll notice there’s a bot called Bit Of News which summarizes articles for you. Like this:

It only works, I think, on articles above a certain comment/like threshold. Here’s the code that it uses. But here’s what’s really, really smart. (@melodykramer, Social Media Desk at NPR)