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Report: AI-Generated Obituaries In Google Search

         

engine

11:36 am on Feb 13, 2024 (gmt 0)

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It seems Google SERPs are showing AI-generated obituaries, even when the individual concerned is alive and kicking.

The sites have strange, unfamiliar names and maintain a constant stream of articles about a wide range of topics, including the deaths of individuals around the world. The articles are clunky and provide little information but are filled with keywords for which Google users are searching. Beyond the dozen sites writing about Mazur, there is a sprawling network of high-ranking websites making money when family, friends, and acquaintances go searching for information about a deceased person.

The sites have hallmarks of being generated using artificial intelligence tools.


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aristotle

3:35 pm on Feb 13, 2024 (gmt 0)

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Is anyone surprised that AI-generated spam would begin to litter google's search results? Unless google can stop this, who knows what the consequencies could be.

engine

8:36 pm on Feb 13, 2024 (gmt 0)

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I don't doubt this is a huge problem for any search engine or crawler, and worse for training LLMs.
They'll be disappearing up their own databases!