Facebook's recommendation algorithms are increasingly promoting AI-generated spam content, including bizarre images like 'Shrimp Jesus' and low-effort pages filled with ads. This phenomenon has been observed and reported by various sources, highlighting the role of Facebook's algorithms in amplifying the reach of such content. Researchers from Stanford and Georgetown have found that these algorithms are actively promoting spam and scam operations run by spammers using AI-generated images to engage users. The content, featuring outlandish themes such as 'Shrimp Jesus' and flight attendants, is not only going viral but also linking out to spam pages stacked with ads. This surge in AI-generated spam has raised concerns over the potential for scams, with high-tech criminals using AI to impersonate real estate professionals and infiltrate transactions. The issue has garnered attention due to the massive engagement these AI-generated posts receive, with one post receiving 40 million views, making it one of the most viewed pieces of content on Facebook in Q3 2023.
Along with this, a ton of photos n Facebook that are "real" -- like screengrabs from movies -- are being reposted after being run through some AI mechanisms. I have no clue why (copyright infringement?), but it gives everything that creepy AI skin gleam. https://t.co/0EgnTjuLuC
đź’¸Tax season fraud is on its way to spike this year as AI enables cybercriminals to generate lifelike images and make convincing videos that impersonate taxpayers to steal their refunds. Here's how it works: https://t.co/EaxlCDkB5h
Scammers’ use of #AI (specifically, #GenerativeAI) is increasing and is increasingly disgusting! https://t.co/3fV6sw4mOA
Scammers use of #AI (specifically, #GenerativeAI) is increasing and is increasingly disgusting! https://t.co/3fV6sw4mOA
AI adoption by hackers pushed financial scams in 2023 https://t.co/s99mCCyDtV
🤖🇺🇸 Unchecked AI floods Facebook with fake images of Jesus, misleading users & potentially aiding scams! A dark twist to #ArtificialIntelligence that NEEDS attention. https://t.co/AEveA5L2Vh
Outlandish images that appear to be generated by AI are racking up reactions on Facebook, leaving users amused, befuddled and on guard for scams. Many of the images feature themes inexplicably involving Jesus and flight attendants. https://t.co/hbUVQphxpn
Facebook Is Making Insane AI-Generated Fever Dreams Go Viral for Gullible Boomers https://t.co/WQsqBi3u1C
If your Facebook feed is getting worse, you're not alone. AI-generated spam pages post dozens of times a day, only to be rewarded by Facebook's algorithm, which boosts content that receives high engagement. https://t.co/EMrocBXQ0m
"These images collectively received hundreds of millions of engagements. A post including an #AI-generated image was one of the 20 most viewed pieces of content on #Facebook in Q3 2023 (with 40 million views)." #ethics #internet #socialmedia #contentmoderation #business https://t.co/kxGX8sbLBJ
"To understand how the technology is being used for page growth and incorporated into spam and scams, we examined more than 100 #Facebook Pages that each posted 50+ #AI-generated images. Some form coordinated clusters": https://t.co/QtmnSAGCOm #ethics #tech #contentmoderation
"In 2016, the 'fake news' stories produced by Macedonian teenagers and designed for #Facebook’s #algorithms pulled in tens of millions of page views; #AI artisans tempt Facebook’s Feed ranking algorithms today": https://t.co/QtmnSAGCOm #ethics #socialmedia #business #research
The Facebook page for Pictures of the Year International has been hacked with bizarre AI images being posted instead of photography — as AI-generated content sweeps across Facebook. https://t.co/taLnF3ugaT
🚨A.I SCAMS BLOWING UP We live in a new world Will social media companies do enough before AI begins to do more than just scam people? https://t.co/Q5M8kw6NX0
High-tech criminals are using artificial intelligence to impersonate real estate pros and infiltrate transactions. Would your clients know the difference? https://t.co/Ezxv92EvzB
What’s happening on Facebook these days? Well, here’s a list of all the AI-generated spam one viral Facebook page published in just 24 hours: https://t.co/vcSrsUBF4X
"Facebook’s recommendation algorithms are promoting bizarre, AI-generated images being run by spammers and scammers to an audience of people who mindlessly interact with them and perhaps don’t understand that they are not real..." https://t.co/beAq0Lc7F6
"Hundreds of AI-generated spam pages are posting dozens of times a day and are being rewarded by Facebook’s recommendation algorithm." https://t.co/Vbjz0mhbiS
New: for months we've reported on the wave of AI spam taking over Facebook. Now researchers from Stanford and Georgetown have found that Facebook's recommendation algorithms are *promoting* the bizarre AI-generated images run by spammers and scammers https://t.co/gPDnMwdwmy
Facebook's algorithm is recommending the bizarre, AI-generated images (like "Shrimp Jesus") that are repeatedly going viral. Pages doing this are linking out to AI-generated and otherwise low-effort spam pages that are stacked with ads: https://t.co/yZnjz3Rgb7