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Junk websites filled with AI-generated text are pulling in money from programmatic ads (www.technologyreview.com)
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Junk websites filled with AI-generated text are pulling in money from programmatic ads::More than 140 brands are advertising on low-quality content farm sites —and the problem is growing fast.

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[–] 19 points 3 years ago (3 children)

We've been asking ourselves this about email spam for several decades now.

I think we're vastly overestimating human intelligence. There's obviously enough completely clueless people out there that will buy what these spammers are selling.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    Morning radio show I used to listen to talked all the time about the crap they bought off Instagram and tiktok ads. Like, ALL THE TIME. My ex and her family also bought a fair bit off of those sort of ads. Some type of people are just susceptible to it and others aren't.

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