Researchers say AI is enabling more grinch bot attacks on popular gifts, buying up sought-after toys, games, and gifts.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – The Grinch is stealing Christmas – and he’s gone high tech. Cyber scalpers are making it harder than ever to get your hands on the season’s hot toys. Dubbed “grinch-bots,” ...

Online shopping is turning into a battle between consumers and AI bots, and the digital challengers are winning. This holiday season, “Grinch bots” — AI-driven scripts designed to manipulate online ...

Sens. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) today announced introduction of The Stopping Grinch Bots Act of 2018 to crack down on ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More From a cybersecurity perspective, the end of 2021 had two newsworthy ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Congressman Paul D. Tonko recently reintroduced his legislation, the Stopping Grinch Bots Act that cracks down on cyber Grinches using bot technology to buy up entire inventories of ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Tech experts say this holiday season, online shoppers are up against so-called "Grinch bots." Described as automated computer programs created by people, the technology is designed to ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- If you're having trouble getting your hands on this year's hot holiday gifts, it isn't just the supply chain that's to blame. Bots are also proving to be a related Grinch. Bots ...

If you're having trouble finding a trending toy or gift on your shopping list, it might be due to grinch bots. FOX 26 ...

Black Friday traffic used to be defined by long lines and crowded stores. Today, the chaos has moved online — and much of it is now driven by AI. Retailers are facing a wave of automated bots that can ...

Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced a bill in Congress that hopes to prevent the use of so-called "grinch bots" to effectively rob little boys and girls (and PC builders) of their precious ...