Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours ago

AI Bots Appeared After Reddit Partnered with OpenAI

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AI Bots Appeared After Reddit Partnered with OpenAI

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Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours ago

Why are AI bots posting links for Altman's World ID?

An investigation into the AI bots that appeared on Reddit after they partnered with OpenAI.

Key points:

The bots post a lot of links to products and services which appear to be adverts but are not marked as such.
Many of these links are for Sam Altman’s World ID.
Reddit added terms on AI advertising to their business page around the time the bots appeared.
The bots also make up stories about dead mothers, depression, drug addiction, eating disorders, medical conditions and mental health issues.

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It used an em dash. Rookie mistake!
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  I used to use it once in a while too haha. Its so strange how things worked out 2020+.

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