The $365.63 Automated News Scam: How AI Is Polluting the Internet

Is your daily news diet being contaminated by AI-driven plagiarism factories?

For just $365.63, Emanuel Maiberg from 404 Media created an AI-driven news website, Prototype.Press, that churns out plagiarized articles at an alarming rate.

Using a freelancer from Fiverr, Maiberg set up the site to automatically republish content from reputable sources like 404 Media and Wired, reworded by ChatGPT. This experiment highlights a growing industry that prioritizes clicks over quality, leveraging tools like WordPress plugins and automated content generators.

Despite the ease and profitability of these sites, they fail to capture the essence of genuine journalism, relying instead on AI-generated mediocrity. This problem is exactly the reason why we are building Futurwise.com.

Read the full article on 404 Media.

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