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US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago

Newsom Social Media Team Links Trump Barrage to Alzheimer's

Newsom's GovPressOffice linked Trump's overnight Truth Social barrage to sundowning and rebutted AI-generated claims about Walmart closures and alleged drug-money ties.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

The slopaganda era: 10 AI images posted by the White House - and what they teach us

Since then it's developed into a full-blown phenomenon, one academics are calling slopaganda an unholy alliance of easily available AI tools and political messaging. Shitposting, the publishing of deliberately crude, offensive content online to provoke a reaction, has reached the level of institutional shitposting, according to Know Your Meme's editor Don Caldwell. This is trolling as official government communication. And nobody is more skilled at it than the Trump administration
US politics
New York City
fromDailydot
4 weeks ago

"April Fools in December": Hundreds of people waited at the Brooklyn Bridge for fireworks that never came, all because of AI slop

AI-generated social media posts falsely advertised a Brooklyn Bridge New Year's Eve fireworks show, drawing thousands who waited for hours with no fireworks.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
1 week ago

Man Confused by AI-Generated Reports That He's Dead

AI-generated content on social platforms can fabricate false events about real people, rapidly spreading damaging misinformation and harming reputations.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Just an unbelievable amount of pollution': how big a threat is AI to the climate?

That same week, the facility's core product was running riot on news feeds. Musk's maverick chatbot, Grok, repeated a conspiracy theory that white genocide was taking place in South Africa when asked about topics as unrelated as baseball and scaffolding. The posts were quickly deleted but Grok has gone on to praise Hitler, push far-right ideologies and make false claims.
Environment
#social-media-hoax
fromNew York Post
4 weeks ago
New York City

Thousands duped by AI into watching non-existent NYE fireworks show at Brooklyn Bridge: 'We got pranked"

fromThe Daily Dot
4 weeks ago
New York City

"April Fools in December": Hundreds of people waited at the Brooklyn Bridge for fireworks that never came, all because of AI slop

fromNew York Post
4 weeks ago
New York City

Thousands duped by AI into watching non-existent NYE fireworks show at Brooklyn Bridge: 'We got pranked"

fromThe Daily Dot
4 weeks ago
New York City

"April Fools in December": Hundreds of people waited at the Brooklyn Bridge for fireworks that never came, all because of AI slop

fromTime Out London
2 months ago

Why are Londoners falling for a fake Christmas market outside Buckingham Palace?

Tourists and Londoners are being tricked by an AI advert promoting a Crimbo market outside the Royals' residence. The artificially created images, shared on social media, are promoting Buckingham Palace's 'first ever Christmas market', which is allegedly running from November 14 to Jan 5 2026. However, if you look closely at the images, nearly all of them show the stands beyond the gates of the palace, which would be a infringement of counter-terror measures if they were real. Nice try, AI.
UK news
World news
fromFuturism
2 months ago

China Is Cracking Down on AI Slop

China is enforcing comprehensive regulations to curb AI-generated misinformation, harmful synthetic imagery, impersonation, and abuse, shifting responsibility to tech companies.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 months ago

Judge blasts lawyer for using AI after he cited entirely fictitious' cases

An immigration barrister allegedly used AI-generated false legal citations, prompting a disciplinary probe after fabricating cases in asylum hearings for two Honduran sisters.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
5 months ago

Trusted news sites may benefit in an internet full of AI-generated fakes, a new study finds

Widespread AI-generated misinformation increases demand for trustworthy journalism, prompting more people to pay for reliable news sources.
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