In the scramble to build bots that live up to the hype, messaging app Telegram has just announced a $1M giveaway to developers to try to incentivize them to build cool stuff. The messaging ...

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that uses malware hosted on the Python repository PyPI to search for files on the victim's device and exfiltrate them to a Telegram bot. The malicious packages, all of which now seem to have been ...

And so far, despite all the hype, bots have been fairly underwhelming. Add to that Telegram, and most recently Line, has been actively trying to encourage developers to build “useful ...

Catizen, a Telegram-based gaming bot, is a capable example of a project overcoming the boom-and-bust cycle of clicker games. Building its ecosystem to support multiple chains and platforms —star ...

4. Consider the user interface before you build your bot While you might know what you want your bot to do, before you even begin programming, think about how you plan to deploy the bot.

James Vincent is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Researchers have discovered a “deepfake ecosystem” on the messaging app Telegram ...