bots

American  

[bots] / bɒts /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.

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bots British  

/ bɒts /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) a digestive disease of horses and some other animals caused by the presence of botfly larvae in the stomach

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Etymology

Origin of bots

First recorded in 1780–90; plural of bot ²; -s ³

Example Sentences

AI agents, which are the independent bots that can take action on behalf of humans, are becoming a growing medium by which shoppers are beginning to cede control over what and how they buy online.

From The Wall Street Journal

Recently, that has been our community colleges, where millions in federal student aid has been lost to grifters who use bots to sign up for classes, receive government money to help with school, then disappear.

From Los Angeles Times

He focused on technologies that were then — and still are — the cynosures of public discussion, including self-driving cars, human space travel, AI bots and humanoid robots.

From Los Angeles Times

Those changes include trying to deal with the cheaters and "bots" - machines pretending to be players to level up characters without effort - and doing something almost unthinkable in modern games.

From BBC

I have been testing fitness bots from Fitbit, Peloton and Apple for months and learned that the best kind of coach—AI or otherwise—is one who will watch and listen.

From The Wall Street Journal