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Meta’s AI Profiles Are Already Polluting Instagram and Facebook With Slop (gizmodo.com)

submitted 3 days ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Soon people discovered that Meta’s ghoulish posters had been among us for months, even years. There’s Liv, a “Proud black queer momma of 2 & truth-teller,” according to its Instagram profile. Add to that Brian, “everybody’s grandpa;” Jade, “your girl for all things hip-hop;” and Carter, a “relationship coach.” I’m sure there are more yet to be discovered.

All four of these posters have pages on both Facebook and Instagram with mirrored content and all four have post histories that go back to September 26, 2023. The accounts have the blue verified check marks and a label indicating that they’re an AI “managed by Meta.” Users can block them on Facebook, but not on Instagram. Users can also message them across all of Meta’s platforms, including WhatsApp.

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[–] neineon77@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 2 days ago (4 children)

This all really feels like a desperate attempt to save their dying social networks, just filling their sites with garbage to make it look like they're not declining

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

They're doing it to sell to companies to sell positive opinions and politics from "real" people.

[–] Zementid@feddit.nl 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's great to see them scramble to do anything of monetary value with their platforms. It only seems to be good for fake news and spreading hate (and remembering birthdays).

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

I also use them to advertise Lemmy

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

Idk, but I don't really see that Instagram is dying.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

Twitter. Reddit.