Facebook is paying people to make the AI slop that infests it

404 Media investigated the phenomenon of Facebook AI slop—grossly unpleasant images from "Shrimp Jesus" to begging amputee children—and uncovered a grossly unpleasant fact: Facebook is paying people to make it.

"Facebook itself is paying creators in India, Vietnam, and the Philippines for bizarre AI spam that they are learning to make from YouTube influencers and guides sold on Telegram," writes Jason Koebler. — Read the rest

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