AI Slop Melodramas Take Over X as Creators Cash In on Viral Traffic
Wired AI · rss · 2026-07-31
Recently, a massive amount of entirely AI-generated, exaggerated melodramatic content has gone viral on X, racking up millions of views. These low-cost, high-output AI slop tales are becoming the new traffic password, with creators cashing in on these clickbait narratives.
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