Bots in EL PAÍS English

A complaint against the platform alleges that bots, VPNs, and impossible accounts have artificially boosted streams of the famous rapper’s music 23 hours a day — though the story isn’t really about him

Latin America

Latin America’s far-right networks: Digital newspapers, bots and fake news

Verónica M. Garrido / Naiara Galarraga Gortázar / Federico Rivas Molina|México| São Paulo|Buenos Aires|Nov 23, 2025 - 05:00 CET

A conservative network that originated in Brazil and spread through Argentina has reached Mexico, acting as a political weapon

Artificial intelligence

‘Dead internet theory’ gains ground amid rise of AI-generated content

Raúl Limón|Sep 20, 2025 - 06:00 CEST

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has expressed concern about the content created by bots, which facilitate misinformation

Flood of AI-made songs sounds alarm bells in music industry

Emanoelle Santos|May 15, 2023 - 12:53 CEST

Spotify has deleted tens of thousands of tracks where bots were posing as listeners to increase the number of streams and raise royalty revenues

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Bots

The Drake case and ‘fraudulent streams’: What the Spotify lawsuit reveals about the music business

Latin America’s far-right networks: Digital newspapers, bots and fake news

‘Dead internet theory’ gains ground amid rise of AI-generated content

Flood of AI-made songs sounds alarm bells in music industry

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