That flashy fruit fly demo? The whole site was a crypto pump-and-dump scheme
gleech · x · 2026-09-14
Digging into what was actually running under the hood of one of the viral fruit fly connectome demos, Adam pfau found the entire website was just a crypto pump-and-dump scheme wrapped in a scientific showcase — a disappointing example of AI/science-washing for token shilling.
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