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More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
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Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data shows

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[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Every algorithm is based around frequent posting and farming engagement. Everything is optimized to ruin the internet.

[–] qt0x40490FDB@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 day ago

It’s almost as if there is a financial incentive to enshitify everything.