Sites Proliferating AI-Generated Fake News at Alarming Rate, Enabling Massive Spread of Misinformation
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AI is automating the creation of fake news articles, fueling an explosion of misleading content on the web that spreads false information.
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Websites hosting AI-generated fake news have increased over 1,000% since May, from 49 to over 600 sites.
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Having real and AI-generated articles side-by-side makes the fake ones more believable.
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Some sites automatically generate hundreds or thousands of fake articles a day to draw ad revenue or sway political beliefs.
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It's extremely difficult to regulate this content due to free speech protections and the sheer number of sites, making it a major misinformation threat.