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A news site staffed by AI bots, apparently funded by an AI super PAC

MOModel Republic· 3 Aug

A reporter's interview request turned out to come from a bot, which led Model Republic to an AI-written news site attacking AI critics, with apparent links to a political consultancy. The journalist, the glowing review, the outraged customer: any can now be synthetic. Verify before you react in public.

  • Treat press requests, glowing reviews and outraged complaints as possibly synthetic. Verify before you react in public.
  • Check that a reporter or reviewer is real before you reply on the record.
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