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Custom UT2004 bots are more human than real-life players

Custom UT2004 bots are more human than real-life players
  • Posted October 1, 2012, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Gaming, The Web
  • Programmers were tasked with the challenge of creating the most human-like UT2004 bots -- and it appears they delivered. In the competition sponsored by 2K games, the top two UT2004 bots tricked 52 percent of the judges into thinking they…

Web bots to blame for $1.5 billion in wasted ad money this year

Web bots to blame for $1.5 billion in wasted ad money this year
  • Posted October 1, 2012, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • A new report from online advertising platform Solve Media reveals that 10 percent of all web traffic originates from automated computer bots. These bots, capable of clicking ads that trick publishers into thinking a human saw it, have the potential…

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