slop
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slop is unwanted content generated by AI (like by an LLM), in contrast to authentic human created content like posts on IndieWeb sites that have disclaimed use of any generated AI for their content.
Term Origins
- 2024-05-08 Template:simonw: Slop is the new name for unwanted AI-generated content
- 2024-05-06 https://fxtwitter.com/deepfates/status/1787472784106639418
Articles
- 2024-05-08 Futurism: Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry / Remember that AI company behind Sports Illustrated's fake writers? We did some digging — and it's got tendrils into other surprisingly prominent publications.
- 2024-05-15 Futurism: Sites Busted Running AI Content Farm That Rips Off Real Journalists' Work When They Accidentally Left Prompt in Published Article / "Parasitic plagiarism merchants that are becoming all too common."
Last year, online news credibility rating website NewsGuard found that a whopping 49 websites were producing content that appeared to be either mostly or entirely AI-generated in April of last year alone. Given the latest reports, that number is likely considerably higher now.