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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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[–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I do understand the curiosity though, just seeing what malware is trying to do can be quite interesting. Maybe someone should tell that person about VMs though lol

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    That's definitely not why. From how I understood it, it seems that she clicked on ads because she actually wanted to look at the product, and she was confused about why she kept getting malware on her computer.

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