{"id":"internet-bot","name":"Internet Bot","summary":"Internet Bot is the catch-all label for software that runs automated tasks online, from game grinders and chatterbots to web crawlers and botnets used in DDoS attacks[1]. The idea goes back to the late 1970s in Multi-User Dungeons, and every era since produced its own bot fight, from the WoW gold-farming bot Glider to Cleverbot and its Turing-Test cousins fooling live audiences at intelligence contests[2]. YouTube clips of Counter-Strike and World of Warcraft matches taken over by bots turned the whole thing into a spectator genre[3].","tags":["internet bot","bot","chatterbot","spambot","botnet","cleverbot","glider bot","wow bot","counter-strike bot","internet automation"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":2,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/internet-bot/internet-bot-romance-bot-exposed-chat.webp","caption":"A viral chat screenshot exposing a romance bot after it leaks code snippets and unfilled message templates.","width":486,"height":439,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/internet-bot/internet-bot-chatbot-template-leak-screenshot.webp","caption":"A user breaks an online chat bot, causing it to expose the raw templated syntax powering its responses.","width":874,"height":696,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/internet-bot/history.md","related":["1337-speak","all-your-base-are-belong-to-us","chatgpt-memes","captcha-difficulty","shoggoth","sam-altman-fired-memes","threads-launch","bluetooth-connection-issue","buffering-video","10x-engineer","novelty-content-filters","vibe-coding"],"popularityRank":4678,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}