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"The news-rating group NewsGuard has found dozens of news websites generated by
AI chatbots proliferating online, according to a report published Monday,
raising questions about how the technology may supercharge established fraud
techniques.
The 49 websites, which were independently reviewed by Bloomberg, run the gamut.
Some are dressed up as breaking news sites with generic-sounding names like
News Live 79 and Daily Business Post, while others share lifestyle tips,
celebrity news or publish sponsored content. But none disclose they’re
populated using AI chatbots such as OpenAI Inc.’s ChatGPT and potentially
Alphabet Inc.’s Google Bard, which can generate detailed text based on simple
user prompts. Many of the websites began publishing this year as the AI tools
began to be widely used by the public.
In several instances, NewsGuard documented how the chatbots generated
falsehoods for published pieces. In April alone, a website called
CelebritiesDeaths.com published an article titled, “Biden dead. Harris acting
President, address 9 a.m.” Another concocted facts about the life and works of
an architect as part of a falsified obituary. And a site called TNewsNetwork
published an unverified story about the deaths of thousands of soldiers in the
Russia-Ukraine war, based on a YouTube video.
The majority of the sites appear to be content farms — low-quality websites run
by anonymous sources that churn-out posts to bring in advertising. The websites
are based all over the world and are published in several languages, including
English, Portuguese, Tagalog and Thai, NewsGuard said in its report."
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