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A sensational story about the Israeli prime minister’s “psychiatrist” exploded online, but it was AI-generated, originating on one of hundreds of websites researchers warn are churning out tech-enabled fiction masquerading as news.
“Israeli Prime Minister’s psychiatrist commits suicide,” still tops the list of “popular articles” highlighted on Global Village Space, a Pakistani digital outlet, after it made an online splash in November with baseless claims about a suicide note blaming Netanyahu. “The exponential growth in AI-generated news and information sources is alarming because these sites can be perceived by the average user as legitimate, trustworthy sources of information,” Sadeghi told AFP.
NewsGuard has identified at least 739 AI-generated “news” sites spanning multiple languages that operate with little to no human oversight and come with generic names such as “Ireland Top News.” They include DC Weekly, which NewsGuard said uses AI to rewrite articles from other sources without credit.
“Auto-generated misinformation is likely to be a major part of the 2024 elections,” New York University professor Gary Marcus told AFP.The AI-generated content populating websites such as DC Weekly helps “to create a sort of camouflage” that lends more credibility to their false stories penned by humans, Linvill told AFP.
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