AI Slop Melodramas Are Taking Over X—and Their Creators Are Cashing In
Creators on X are increasingly using AI to generate low-quality, melodramatic stories to exploit the platform's revenue-sharing program. This trend has led to a proliferation of 'rage bait' and bot-driven content, prompting X to take measures against fraudulent engagement.
Why it matters
It illustrates the challenges platforms face in moderating AI-generated content while incentivizing engagement through monetization programs.
So begins a thread on X that appeared in my feed one day. I knew that the first-person narrator probably didn’t exist, and following this thread would draw me into a mawkish tale where good triumphs over evil. Indeed, the author is not a mother on trial for theft, but a self-identified 21-year-old stock trader in Nigeria, who uses AI to generate stories—and gets paid for it by X.
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