Changpeng Zhao Calls for Total Bot Elimination on X

Changpeng Zhao (Cz)co-founder of Binancehas publicly called for the complete elimination of automated robots on XThe social media platform formerly known as Twitter. In the articles found on X, Cz expressed his frustration in the face of the prevalence of robots, in particular those who publish via APIArguing that they disrupt human interaction and contribute to spam, scams and disinformation. He underlined a preference for a real human commitment, suggesting that although the content generated by AI is acceptable if it is displayed manually, the automated activity of robots should be completely deactivated.

CZ’s position highlights a broader problem within the cryptographic community on X, where robots are often used to imitate influencers, promote false tokens and execute phishing scams. His call for action, led by the owner of X Elon MuskIncludes the publication of the disabling API to curb spam based on bots while preserving the interactions centered on man. This is aligned with permanent concerns concerning X’s difficulties in managing inauthentic accounts and harmful content, as evidenced by studies showing the challenges of the platform in the moderation of this activity.

However, CZ’s proposal raises questions about feasibility and involuntary consequences. Although the elimination of robots led by API could reduce spam, it could also limit legitimate automation, such as news flows or customer service tools, which rely on access to the API. In addition, the distinction between harmful robots and beneficial automation is complex, and a general ban could alienate developers or companies using X for legitimate purposes. In addition, the distinction of CZ between manual publications generated by AI and automated articles may not fully solve the root problem, because bad actors could always manually display the deceptive content.

Above all, although the frustration of CZ is understandable, especially given the vulnerability of the crypto sector to scams based on bots, its call to “Total elimination of bots” can simplify a nuanced problem outside. The Bot de X problem is part of a broader challenge confronted with social media platforms, where the balance between freedom of expression, user safety and the usefulness of platforms remains elusive. Elon Musk has already promised to address robots, but progress has been slowsuggesting that technical, economic or strategic obstacles can complicate such efforts. Until the concrete evidence of a complete solution emerge, the advocacy of the CZ, although influential, remains a feeling rather than a final path.

Chatbots fed by AI also have supercharged romantic scams. These scams have a long -standing horizon where a threat actor claims to have a romantic interest in his target to strengthen confidence with the victim over time. Elon Musk has proposed several solutions to automated robots, in particular by asking users to record a credit card which would lead to a low sum of several hundred to impose a cost on the creation of new accounts, preventing Bot farms from mobilizing armies of false accounts.

Once confidence is sufficiently established, the malicious actor generally requires funds of the objective either by pretending financial problems, or by presenting a false investment system. A study in 2023 of the Network contagion research institute also noted that robots were responsible for handling Altcoin prices using coordinated publications of several robots at artificially pumped prices. Automated robots are a well documented problem on X that spam the site and are particularly active in the cryptographic influence sphere – distressing users with scam messages announcing false tokens, phishing ties to malicious sites and pump and pumping patterns.