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AI content farms exploit plagiarism to generate millions of clicks

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A media company called Brown Brothers Media is reportedly generating millions of page views per month by using AI-generated content, fake writers, and plagiarism. This practice is seen as exacerbating the existing problem of low signal-to-noise ratio on the web, which was already being degraded by content mills. The founder of Futurism, Maggie Harrison Dupré, has highlighted this issue, suggesting it leads to the acquisition and "slopification" of legitimate news sites. AI

IMPACT AI-driven content generation and exploitation of fake writers may further degrade web content quality and displace legitimate news sources.

RANK_REASON The item discusses the negative impact of AI-generated content on web quality and the business practices of a specific company, framed as an opinion piece.

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AI content farms exploit plagiarism to generate millions of clicks

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    I've said for awhile that content mills were already destroying the signal to noise ratio of the web but that AI would supercharge that problem. Look at the swa

    I've said for awhile that content mills were already destroying the signal to noise ratio of the web but that AI would supercharge that problem. Look at the swath of shit just three brothers can do with now less than a dozen writers. They make enough money to buy small struggling…

    LINKS futurism.com/…/brown-brothers-media-ai-sl…

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