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The "Latest Technology News" at BetaNews is Slop About Slop

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 17, 2024

Brian Fagioli

Yesterday: Push Back and Become More Vocal for LLM Abuse and Misuse to Stop

Latest from Fagioli:

Google launches Whisk for creative AI image remixing

This is at the very top of the "news" (front page) at the moment:

Latest Technology News

If it quacks like slop...

Google has introduced Whisk, a new generative AI tool designed to make image creation more interactive and creative. Unlike traditional AI tools that rely heavily on lengthy text prompts, Whisk allows users to start with images. Simply drag and drop images into the interface, and Whisk lets you generate unique creations by combining these visuals in novel ways.

So slop about slop is "Latest Technology News". Enjoy fake "journalism"... listen to the mindless chatbot. β–ˆ

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')

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