AI Slop Is Eroding Trust in Animal Content
The spread of synthetic animal videos is turning a once dependable source of online empathy into a harder-to-verify and more easily exploited attention market.
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AI, or artificial intelligence, is the field of building computer systems that perform tasks associated with human learning, reasoning and perception. It includes machine learning, language processing, computer vision, robotics and systems that make predictions or recommendations. AI influences science, business and public services, while raising enduring questions about reliability, privacy, fairness, safety and human accountability.
The spread of synthetic animal videos is turning a once dependable source of online empathy into a harder-to-verify and more easily exploited attention market.
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