AI-generated content

OpenAI says it disrupted bot accounts that used its tools to interfere with US government agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Census Bureau. The operation reportedly used AI-generated content for covert influence activity. The report has drawn attention to the growing use of artificial intelligence in state-linked information operations targeting US institutions.

A new report claims OpenAI and Microsoft were aware that their AI products, trained partly on scraped web content, could trigger a 'doom loop' degrading the open web. According to The Verge, internal discussions suggested the companies understood that AI-generated content and content theft could crowd out human-made material, drawing comparisons to earlier warnings about Google's zero-click search results.

Low-quality, mass-produced AI content is increasingly reaching children through their video and social feeds, a Times of India report warns. The so-called 'AI slop' — synthetic images, songs and videos churned out for clicks — is raising concern among parents and experts about what young viewers are consuming and how little oversight exists on platforms aimed at kids.