Webspam in BetaNews
HAVING just mentioned LLM slop and how GAFAM companies "pretend this is "fair use" rather than "piracy" or copyright infringement", here's a new example of SPAM generated by an LLM's output. It is "Latest Technology News" in the front page of BetaNews right now:
Not only is it marketing SPAM but also this:
If this is how BetaNews is shutting down (experimenting with bots), then we shall be documenting it, at the very least to serve as a cautionary tale to other sites. There's no future to "LLM slop as a news site". Ask BNN Breaking what happened to it. █
Also see: BetaNews Has Become a SPAM/Slop Factory, Brian Fagioli Publishes Fake 'Articles' | It's Morbid to Talk About Living People as If They're Dead | BetaNews, Inc. Became a Spam Operation/Web Site, LLM Spew (Slop) for SEO Disguised as "Articles" | BetaNews is Beta-Testing the Site as LLM Slop With Microsoft Propaganda Thrown In | Even the Managing Editor of BetaNews is Doing Slop and Spam | At BetaNews, "Most Commented Story" Is Not a Story But LLM Slop! (Readers Talking to Bots) | BetaNews is Run and Written by Bots That Make Clickbait | BetaNews, Desperate for Clicks, is Pushing Donald Trump Spam Created by LLMs (Slop) | "Latest Technology News" in BetaNews is Press Release SPAM (or LLM Slop, Marketing, Fake 'Review')