* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
Why AI food looks like that
Worms, holes, and cracks reveal the technical weaknesses of image generators.

存在しない論文を「引用」 ケネディ厚生長官の米政府委報告書
米国のケネディ厚生長官が主導した子どもの慢性疾患に関する報告書で、実際には存在しない複数の論文が「引用元」として記載されていたことが明らかになり、政府は修正して再公表した。米メディアは、生成AI(人工知能)が使われて見過ごされた可能性があるとして、報告書の信頼性に疑義を投げかけている。

White House Health Report Included Fake Citations (Published 2025)
A report on children’s health released by the Make America Healthy Again Commission referred to scientific papers that did not exist.

AIが生成した“存在しない病名”、研修医の44%が信用 見抜けた医師との差は? 仏大学病院が検証
フランスの大学病院「Lille University Hospital」などに所属する研究者らが発表した論文「Hallucination by proxy in LLM-assisted differential diagnosis」は、大規模言語モデル(LLM)がもっともらしく提示した架空の病名が医師にどのような影響を与えるかを検証した研究報告だ。
Hallucination by proxy in LLM-assisted differential diagnosis
Current evidence suggests that LLM assistance could augment the diagnostic accuracy of clinicians. However, these systems are black boxes, susceptible to hallucinations, and project a potentially...

AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone
Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits.

Report supporting Australia’s teen social media ban appears to contain AI hallucinations, Senate hears
Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds one section of report includes links to academic articles that do not exist, but authors deny the references were made up by AI

Hello Local Business, Your AI Ads Are Costing You Customers
'Even if this was a genre popularised by human artists, it would still look like shit'

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil

The TikTok AI Slop Report
New research from Kapwing reveals that nearly 60% of TikToks served to new users and children are AI slop. But which categories and tags are the worst affected — and what does this landscape look like to kids?

AI Slop Report: The Global Rise of Low-Quality AI Videos
Kapwing’s new research shows that 21-33% of YouTube’s feed may consist of AI slop or brainrot videos. But which countries and channels are achieving the greatest reach — and how much money might they make? We analyzed social data to find out.

Meta AI Has Some Super Normal Ideas for Improving Your Band Photos
Sure, Facebook will promote your upcoming show. But have you considered using a random AI-generated white lady instead of your band?
These Are the Worst ChatGPT Flyers You've Sent Us
Welcome to the AI-generated poster hall of shame.

We Are Living in a ‘ChatGPT Flyer Pandemic’
"Hey if this is your flyer, I’m not going, I’m not donating, I’m not sharing. Don’t ask me."

In Texas, AI-generated political ads are blurring the line between real and fake - Poynter
Experts say increasingly realistic campaign ads could make it harder for voters to distinguish authentic messages from fabricated ones

DuckDuckGo, Unable to Resist the Pull of AI, Mistakenly Claims Trump Died of Rabies
Can't just be the non-AI search engine.

Here’s why AI chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini etc) are unreliable for science content, and terrible as “just a starting point” for science communicators. Unfortunately, this probably isn’t something AI chatbots get much better at… although sloppers will get better at hiding it!
Had to see for myself. Shared by @smutclyde.bsky.social, published in Nature Scientific Reports (like PLOS One, peer-reviewed [!] for soundness, not importance). The article is about AI-based autism diagnosis. Article processing charge: $2690. AI slop science: priceless