“AI pimping” accounts are exploding on social media

Update: 2024-12-05

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We talk a lot about how the internet is filling up with AI content. And, of course, that includes the sort guaranteed to generate clicks and dollars: the adult variety. Platforms like Instagram have seen an explosion in sexy AI-generated influencers, and the people running those accounts sometimes steal content from real creators and mash them up with AI. The practice is called “AI pimping,” Jason Koebler, co-founder of 404 Media, told Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino.

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“AI pimping” accounts are exploding on social media

Marketplace / Marketplace Tech Staff

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“AI pimping” accounts are exploding on social media

Marketplace / Marketplace Tech Staff

“AI pimping” accounts are exploding on social media