"The results are predictably disastrous. Within hours of the feature's launch, the LA Times had to remove AI-generated content that attempted to defend the Ku Klux Klan." www.readtpa.com/p/spicy-auto...#AI #Journalism #AISlop #Enshittification

Spicy Autocomplete: The LA Tim...

"Pinterest, the web's de facto mood board, has long been one of the best places for finding and sharing aspirational lifestyle imagery: sumptuous meals, beautiful art and interiors, fashion and beauty inspiration, and an endless list of do-it-yourself home and holiday projects.

Or at least it was. These days, the site is engulfed in a torrent of uncanny AI-generated slop, drowning out the real, human-made content that once thrived there.

Slop is everywhere on Pinterest, frequently ranking in the top results for common searches. It persists across classic Pinterest categories like home inspiration and DIY hacks, fashion, beauty, food and recipes, art, architecture, and more — and often links back to AI-powered content farming sites that masquerade as helpful blogs, using Pinterest as a tool to draw in viewers to useless chum content just to cash in on lucrative display ads.

Pinterest users are frustrated, saying the AI onslaught is making the platform less useful and harder to navigate. But SEO spammers powering Pinterest's slopageddon say they're raking in cash."

https://futurism.com/pinterest-ai-slop

#AI #GenerativeAI #AISlop #SocialMedia #Pinterest

This crass, gaudy monstrosity. There really is no floor to how low he’ll go, in so many ways:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-gaza-future-video_n_67bea7d3e4b0d509934aa5b2

“Whoever described generative AI as the aesthetic of fascism made a sharp point.” -Greg Greene

#USPol #Trump #AI #AISlop #Suno #Palestine #Gaza

Hoopla, which provides U.S. public libraries with ebooks, says it will do more to prevent their distribution after @404mediaco showed they were common on the platform. An AI-generated book about Elon Musk and a cookbook about fatty liver by an author who does not appear to exist were highlighted in the original report by @emanuelmaiberg. Some librarians say that Hoopla’s “light on details” statement avoids accountability.

https://www.404media.co/public-library-ebook-service-to-cull-ai-slop-after-404-media-investigation-3/

#Books @bookstodon #Libraries #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AISlop #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

BBC: AI chatbots unable to accurately summarise news, BBC finds

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0m17d8827ko

#AI #AIslop #LLMs #journalism

Corridor Crew call out AI slop in the LA fire video clips circulated on social media
https://youtu.be/zhdHTax1wyQ
#AIslop #LAfires #Fake #generativeAI

"The reality was that none of the people allegedly working for the Ashland Daily Tidings existed, or at least were who they claimed to be. The bylines listed on Daily Tidings articles were put there by scammers using artificial intelligence, and in some cases stolen identities, to dupe local readers.

“It seems quite terrifying,” said Minihane, an actual journalist and author who learned he had his identity stolen after OPB contacted him. “I have friends who live in Portland, but I’ve never been to another part of the state, so I just don’t know quite how it came to pass.”"

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/12/09/artificial-intelligence-local-news-oregon-ashland/

#USA #Oregon #AI #GenerativeAI #AISlop #Journalism #Media #News

Great story from OPB:

"AI slop is already invading Oregon’s local journalism"

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/12/09/artificial-intelligence-local-news-oregon-ashland/

"Silicon Valley’s latest hot technology is being used to further degrade the news available to Oregonians"

I'm already an OPB member but I might send them another donation in support!

#Oregon #Journalism #LocalNews #Plagiarism #AI #AIHype #AISlop #OPB