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[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Google searches are also being ruined further by AI generated “articles” that appear at the top of search results. These fake articles are scotch taped together from other sources (copyright infringement) and are used to generate ad views when you land on the site.

AI is quickly becoming the microplastics of the internet — turning something promising into pollution.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

These fake articles are scotch taped together from other sources (copyright infringement)

That's not how modern AI works.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

It is when you want expenses as small as possible and don't care about quality.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

I've started double checking the name of each article before reading, trying to suss out if it was written by an AI.

Its not foolproof, but it helps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


And even more strangely, his profile photo on Sports Illustrated is for sale on a website that sells AI-generated headshots, where he's described as "neutral white young-adult male with short brown hair and blue eyes."

Ortiz isn't the only AI-generated author published by Sports Illustrated, according to a person involved with the creation of the content who asked to be kept anonymous to protect them from professional repercussions.

On its review section's title page, for instance, the site still proudly flaunts the expertise of AI-generated contributors who have since been deleted, linking to writer profiles it describes as ranging "from stay-at-home dads to computer and information analysts."

Or look at "Denise McNamara," the "information analyst" that TheStreet boasted about — "her extensive personal experience with electronics allows her to share her findings with others online" — whose profile picture is once again listed on the same AI headshot marketplace.

Back in February, when the company first started publishing AI-generated health advice at its magazine Men's Journal, we found that its first story was riddled with errors, prompting it to issue a massive correction.

Needless to say, neither fake authors who are suddenly replaced with different names nor deplorable-quality AI-generated content with no disclosure amount to anything resembling good journalism, and to see it published by a once-iconic magazine like Sports Illustrated is disheartening.


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