Clickbait

Google Is Finally Trying to Kill AI Clickbait

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Google is taking action against algorithmically generated spam. The search engine giant just announced upcoming changes, including a revamped spam policy, designed in part to keep AI clickbait out of its search results. “It sounds like it’s going to be one of the biggest updates in the history of Google,” says Lily Ray, senior director … Read more

Here Comes the Flood of AI-Generated Clickbait

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Michael Calore: When is the last time you visited the website The Hairpin? Lauren Goode: It’s been a while. Why do you ask? Michael Calore: You should go check it out right now. Lauren Goode: Right now? Michael Calore: Yeah, right now. Lauren Goode: OK, hold on. I’m going to do this. OK, wow. “Talking … Read more

How Beloved Indie Blog ‘The Hairpin’ Turned Into an AI Clickbait Farm

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What a heinous month for the media. Almost every day, a publication announces layoffs or shuts down. Sports Illustrated just let go almost all of its staff after weathering an embarrassing scandal about AI-generated articles. It’s unclear what the desiccated magazine’s future holds, but the sad fate of another formerly great outlet offers a preview … Read more

Kim Zolciak Is ‘Clickbait Grandma’ After Lying About Daughter’s Pregnancy

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Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann‘s financial situation seems to be getting more dire by the minute as the reality star is resorting to unscrupulous means to make some dough. However, it seems she might have taken things a tad too far this time after falsely claiming her daughter Brielle Biermann is pregnant at 26 years old. … Read more

X users report unlabeled clickbait ads that you can’t block or report

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Mashable reports that users on X, formerly known as Twitter, have seen unlabeled ads in their feeds while scrolling through the company’s mobile apps. When users tap them, they’re taken to other websites, with no way to block or report them. Unlike normal ads that are just posts from company X accounts and have an … Read more

Artifact Information App Now Lets Customers Flag ‘Clickbait’

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There are many methods to put in writing a headline, lots of them unhealthy. Take this text, for example. It’d’ve been titled: Meta’s Obvious Firing Goof You’ll By no means Imagine What This App Lets Customers Do or Rising App Wages Struggle Towards Faux Information and even This Fashionable Information App Empowers Customers With One … Read more