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Wikipedia Computer Bots Fight Just Like Humans
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"Benevolent bots" that are designed to improve articles on Wikipedia — just like humans — have online "fights" over content that can continue for years, researchers have found.
Commonly known as software robots, editing bots on Wikipedia undo vandalism, enforce bans, check spelling, create links, and import content automatically. Others can mine data, identify data, or identify copyright infringements.
The team observed how they interacted on 13 different language editions over 10 years and found that bots interacted with one another, whether or not this was by design. It led to unpredictable consequences.
The research paper, published in PLOS ONE, says bots appear to behave differently in culturally distinct online environments. "Their conflicts are also very different to the ones between human editors," says lead author Milena Tsvetkova from the Oxford Internet Institute.
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