One, its rise has led to a flood of AI-generated spam that researchers say now outperforms human-written stories in Google search results. The resulting decline in advertising revenue is a key reason that the journalism industry has been devastated by layoffs over the past year. Two, generative AI tools are responsible for a new category of electioneering and fraud. This month synthetic voices were used to deceive in the New Hampshire primary and Harlem politics. And the Financial Times reported that the technology is increasingly used in scams and bank fraud. Three - and what I want to talk about today - is how generative AI tools are being used in harassment campaigns.
Here's Jess Weatherbed at The Verge: One of the most prominent examples on X attracted more than 45 million views, 24,000 reposts, and hundreds of thousands of likes and bookmarks before the verified user who shared the images had their account suspended for violating platform policy. The post was live on the platform for around 17 hours prior to its removal. But as users began to discuss the viral post, the images began to spread and were reposted across other accounts. Many still remain up, and a deluge of new graphic fakes have since appeared.
#generative-ai #spam #advertising-revenue #journalism-industry #electioneering #fraud #harassment-campaigns
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