Herself’s Artificial Intelligence

Well this was just a matter of time. Many chat bots have been trolling the internet doing a very good job of passing themselves off as humans. The easiest way to do this is of course to find a willing victim. CyberLover does just that.

CyberLover is fast and loose establishing up to 10 relationships every half hour. CyberLover then extracts personal information from the unwitting but willing victim.

Some of the best computer hacks done have been through social engineering rather than with clever code. This brings the best of both worlds together.

Right now CyberLover has been targeting Russians almost exclusively, the rest of the world is expected to be targeted in time for Valentine’s Day.

Warning sounded over flirting robots

Several companies are working on intelligent agents to help you in your computer interactions, ( see Lua created assistant ) and here is yet another one, Magitti.

Magitti is different in that it is taking advantage of some of the phones unique advantages: portability, gps and that it travels with you all day.

It is also different in that there is a built in revenue stream. Magitti recommends local restaurants and shopping at appropriate times and locations.

There are few details to be found at PARC yet. More will be forthcoming I’m sure. There are papers available for a fee at IEEE search for ‘PARC and mobile’.

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Agents, bots and spiders

I’m not sure which is worse? The fact you can’t escape election propaganda even in your email in box anymore? Or that the government has found yet another way to intrude into our lives using the internet, artificial intelligence and datamining?

Allegations have been made that Ron Paul’s campaign is creating internet buzz with spam sent through illegal botnets. I’m sure the rest of the candidates won’t be far behind. What does it say about a candidate that he is willing to use criminal methods to help his chance of getting elected? Last time that happened Richard Nixon won the White House. Right now candidates do polls and tell various political factions what they want to hear. How long before those speeches are geared specifically to you and arrive in your in box?

More information:
Analysis: is Ron Paul internet buzz real or spam?
Criminal botnet stumps for Ron Paul, Researchers Allege
First Presidential Candidate spam