( ) -q-30- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “in greater volume.” A warning about the internet and AI. [CutID: <Cuts> INTERNET-AI-house-q-TUEam.mp3 Time: 30s Title: INTERNET-AI-house-q-TUEam Out-cue: in greater volume] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The deceptive practice is illegal in the U.S. and becomes a bigger problem for consumers during the holiday shopping season, when many […]
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The internet is rife with fake reviews. Will AI make it worse?
( ) -q-30- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “in greater volume.”
A warning about the internet and AI.
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Title: INTERNET-AI-house-q-TUEam
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The deceptive practice is illegal in the U.S. and becomes a bigger problem for consumers during the holiday shopping season, when many people rely on reviews to buy gifts. A tech company and watchdog group that uses software to detect fake reviews says AI-generated reviews have multiplied.
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VERBATIM: Researchers and watchdog groups are concerned about the emergence of generative artificial intelligence tools that allow people to efficiently produce detailed and novel online reviews. They say this has merchants, service providers and consumers in uncharted territory. Phony reviews have long plagued many popular consumer websites, such as Amazon and Yelp. But, tech industry experts note that AI-infused text generation tools enable fraudsters to produce reviews faster and in greater volume.