Proliferation of AI-Generated News Websites and Content Farms Across Multiple Languages Degrading Information Integrity
May 1, 2023
Scores of AI-generated news websites and content farms are producing low-quality, clickbait content in a variety of languages. They are reportedly spreading false information and degrading the quality of information available online. These sites often lack human oversight, feature repetitive language, and sometimes fabricate information, posing a threat to the credibility of online news sources.
- Alleged deployer
- many, maria-spanadoris, adesh-ingale, getintoknowledge.com, famadillo.com, bestbudgetusa.com, harmonyhustle.com, historyfact.in, countylocalnews.com, tnewsnetwork.com, wavefunction.info, celebritiesdeaths.com, scoopearth.com, filthylucre.com
- Alleged developer
- unknown, unnamed
- Alleged harmed parties
- general-public, journalists
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/589
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
When citing the database as a whole, please use:
McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.
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