AI-Generated Social Media Spam: A New Low in Clickbait
2025-02-21
Generative AI has unleashed a flood of fake content on social media. AI-generated images of wooden sculptures, baking photos, and animals, paired with emotionally manipulative captions, are designed to elicit sympathy and money from unsuspecting users. Despite their obvious fakery, these posts receive thousands of likes and comments, with some users even sending money to the 'creators'. The article exposes this as a lucrative scheme for 'content farms' using AI to mass-produce fake content, attracting traffic to generate ad revenue or sell 'guest posts'.
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