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"If you’re often on social media, you’ve probably seen it: the deluge of
low-quality, artificial intelligence-made material clogging up our feeds.
So-called “AI slop” – the
Macquarie Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2025 –
is the result of generative AI being used at scale. It now floods the
internet’s most visited platforms with often deliberately misleading text,
images and video, siphoning clicks away from real news sources and confusing
readers.
In New Zealand, AI-generated fake images of January’s tragic landslide at Mount
Maunganui were widely shared, misleading people at a time of national disaster.
With a general election later this year, this is likely only the beginning.
Already, political parties are toying with this new technology for their
campaigns.
Warnings about the risks of AI-driven misinformation have been raised before in
New Zealand, but its use is now accelerating – and the rules meant to govern it
are struggling to keep up."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
