A 'great flood' of AI noise is coming for the internet and it's swallowing Twitter first
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The internet is filling up with machine-generated "zombie content" designed to game algorithms and scam humans. Experts call it the "great AI flood".

X is becoming a ‘ghost town’ of bots as AI-generated spam content floods the internet — A sign of the scale is the thriving industry in bot-making::The internet is filling up with machine-generated “zombie content” designed to game algorithms and scam humans. Experts call it the “great AI flood”.

  • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I just tried this one. Spun for a full minute and I gave up. I would say 80% of alternative frontends for popular services haven’t worked for me traditionally, yet people swear by them. It’s really puzzling to me. Like you and I can’t be the only person for whom services like these don’t work.

      • Unforeseen@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Doesn’t work for me either. I usually just copy the YouTube url into newpipe on my phone if I really want to watch it. I do wish I could have it do that automatically

        • Matt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 months ago

          You can have links open in NewPipe by setting it in Android’s settings:

          Settings -> Apps -> All apps -> NewPipe -> Open by default

          And then set things up in there