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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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[–] Sheik@lemmy.world 80 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Programmatic ads placed on programmatic content boosted by programmatic view bots.

More seriously, this is ridiculous. Websites are junk because they are filled with programmatic ads in the first place.

[–] sirboozebum@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eventually, 99% of the internet will be bots talking to each other.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

It was over 50% in 2017. So, it much be much higher now.

[–] Aerondignt@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Dead internet here we go!